The Yowie in Australian popular folklore
- Date of account
- 2010 onward folklore, media and cryptozoology studies
- Location
- Australia, especially Queensland and New South Wales
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The yowie is a modern Australian wildman tradition associated with bush encounters, Indigenous place narratives, newspaper reports and cryptozoological investigation. Researchers may compare the figure with older Aboriginal ‘hairy man’ beings, but those relationships cannot be assumed across regions. Since 2010, the yowie has remained active in books, television, online forums and tourism, making it useful for studying folklore circulation and belief. Reported sightings are anecdotal and lack accepted zoological confirmation. A rigorous project should trace each account to its earliest available publication rather than repeat later compilations.
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