The Brimming Billabong is a 1948 Australian book by William Edward Harney about an Aboriginal man, Marmel, from Arnhem Land.
[1][2][3] According to the Canberra Times "It is... a significant and worthwhile book... Harney failed, as most others have done, to state an aborigine's thoughts, feelings and viewpoint in English.
"[4] The Argus said "Only an anthropologist could say with certainty whether he paints a true picture of the aboriginal mind, but this is a book of absorbing interest.
"[6] The Sun called it "a human story, simply and convincingly told.
"[7] In the 1950s Lee Robinson tried to interest directo Harry Watt in making a film of the book.