Recent article posted in the UK Daily Star on sightings of the “Little Hairy Man” or Nimbinjee described by Australian Naturalist Gary Opit.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/mythical-hobbit-sighting-after-little-23542756
Interesting fact that the NSW town of Nimbin whose name is said to be derived from the “Nimbinjee”, who were local Dreamtime spirits of the Whiyabul people. Additional etymology of the word “Nimbin” has several interpretations, with one translating to “a little man who dwells in mountains or rocks”