the kaurna aboriginal people of the adelaide plains in south australia see the band of the milky way as a river in the sky world. they called it wodliparri (wodli = hut, house, parri = river) and believe that positioned along the river are a number of dwellings. in addition, the dark patches mark the dwelling place of a dangerous creature known as a "yura"; the kaurna call these patches yurakauwe, which literally means "monster water".