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Mythology of Australia
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because I am working on expanding the page as part of a university assignment. Any advice or tips on things to improve would be great, and I'd also like to add some pictures as well if possible. What's the best way to go about adding them?

Thanks, Jessica13317845 (talk) 13:20, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Comments by Sotakeit
As you say, the article needs a lot of expansion. Compare this with other articles on similar subjects such as Inca mythology or the featured article Greek Mythology.

You need to expand the lead section:
 * How is the mythology of Australia attested. Written sources? Word of mouth?
 * A brief history of its evolution. From aboriginal through to modern urban legend.
 * 'details of popular legends differ from place to place'. This needs to be expanded on.

Content:
 * I'd perhaps reformat the article, and as you expand it this will probably become even more important to stop it becoming unesecssarily 'list like'. I'd definitely try to include a 'history' or 'development' section, then maybe a section of 'aboriginal beliefs' and 'colonial beliefs', including details on sources.
 * The article mentions 'deamtime' in the lead. This needs to be expanded on. From what I read of the 'dreamtime' article it is a central part of Aboringal Australian mythology.

Referencing:
 * Some of the references, e.g. http://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/b/bunyip/, wouldn't be considered reliable. I'd look on Google Books etc for better sources.
 * The references need to be better formatted. You haven't included anything other than the URL. Ideally you need access dates, authors, publication dates, publishers etc (see here).

Images: Sotakeit (talk) 15:33, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Images would obviously help the article. It's worth using some images from related articles. Yowie has one you could use, and Dreamtime has a nice one in the lead (for advice on actually using images on Wikipedia, this may be of some help]].