Aboriginal people have been using the stars to help remember routes between distant locations, and these routes are still alive in our highway networks today.
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The southern lights that put on a show recently across parts of Australia are easily explained by science. But some cultures have their own explanation for these dazzling lights in the sky.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people have between 40,000 and 60,000 years of pre-colonial history that includes stories of constellations they observed in the night sky and traditions that align…
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Associate Professor, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
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Cultural Astronomy & Cultural Competence Researcher, UNSW
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Professor, School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Astronomer, Australian National University
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Mualgal man, Moa Island, Torres Strait, Indigenous Knowledge
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University