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Star maps point to Aboriginal songlines. Friday, 11 July 2014 Genelle Weule ABC. The Emu in the Sky is used by the Euahlayi people to inidcate the best time to gather emu eggs.
For 50,000 years, Australia’s First Peoples have traveled long distances using star maps in the night sky. When you’re driving on a major road out on country, chances are you may be driving on ...
Read more The post Aboriginal Star Maps and Songlines: The Oldest Astronomical Knowledge on Earth appeared first on discoverwildscience. Imagine a world where the stars are not just distant points ...
FILE - An aboriginal elder performs a ceremony during an official function at Sydney Harbor, Australia, Nov. 27, 2013. A new map documents massacres of aboriginees following the arrival in ...
Apple has updated its Maps app to display traditional Aboriginal names for places across Australia, reports The Australian. The Maps update has been a four-year project, with Apple saying it has only ...
Apple Maps now displays traditional Aboriginal names for places across Australia, joining companies such as Qantas and Australia Post in celebrating indigenous heritage, as part of its biggest ...
Finding access and researching new fishing spots has been made easier with modern technology and some good old fashion common sense.
In Aboriginal culture, story tracks serve as a map of sacred sites, carrying important cultural knowledge passed down through generations over millennia, and which form part of Australia’s ...
The defeat of the October 14, 2023, referendum on the Indigenous voice – now at its first anniversary point – represents a tragic saga for Aboriginal Australians, highlights the need to learn ...