The End of the Last of the Giants

The End of the Last of the Giants

A man while out hunting left his wife at a temporary camping place. On his return he saw traces which led him to conclude that the giant Brit-ngeal had carried her off. He tracked the giant, and found the partially eaten body of his wife. Close by was a deep narrow-mouthed cave, out of which the giant got water, and beside it lay the long drinking reed. The man got up into a tree that overhung the cave, having first crushed the reed to make it useless for its purpose. Presently the giant came to get a drink. He lowered the end of the reed into the cave, and tried to suck up the water, but he drew up nothing but air. He bit a piece off the end, but with the same result. He bit a piece more off, but again failed to obtain water. He repeated the same experiment; but to reach the water he now had to bend his head and shoulders right down into the hole. In doing so he exposed his only weak part to the watcher in the tree, who jumped down, struck his spear into the giant and shoved him head first into the cave. And in this manner the last of the giants met his death. 

from The Booandik Tribe - a Sketch of Their Habits, Customs, Legends and Language by Christina 
Smith 1880 

The Brit-ngeal ? 

Skeleton of a Thylacoleo carnifex in the Victoria Fossil Cave, Naracoorte Caves National Park