Australian Indigenous Astronomy
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Ngadjuri Astronomy, South Australia

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By Paul Curnow Australian night skies by world standards are still quite good. Regrettably today, in heavily populated countries the light...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Monuments Tied to the Sky: Ancient Astronomy and its Global Heritage

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Sydney Observatory welcomes you to a special night about Archaeoastronomy.   Professor Clive Ruggles from the University of Leicester, wi...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Magellanic Clouds

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by Duane Hamacher Unlike their Northern hemisphere counterparts, Southern hemisphere observers have a rich tapestry of celestial objects a...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Sydney City Skywatchers - Lecture on Aboriginal Astronomy

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Join the oldest operating astronomical group in Sydney. The group provides an opportunity for those interested in astronomy to share and br...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Karrugang and the Origin of the Pleiades

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This is a Gundungurra story from the Blue Mountains (NSW) about  the  origin  of the star cluster Westerners call the Pleiades. In the D...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Ngaut Ngaut - A Lunar Calendar?

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From Paul Curnow and Ray Norris (edited by Duane Hamacher ) On the banks of the Murray River, north of Adelaide, is a rock art site cal...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

The Origin of the Moon

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This is a Dreaming story from Cape York in far northern Queensland. Many years ago, people realised that a light was needed at nighttime ...
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