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Name Of A Mythical Being, A Small Creature That Lived In Reed Beds.
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He was the Wembawemba equivalent of the Werkayangatyeor 'little people'. The ngatha was regarded as harmless; he would appear at dusk and sometimes even talk to people in their own language and camp near them, particularly if they had caught lobsters, his favourite food.