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Total Solar Eclipse 2012 - Cairns, Australia
by Duane HamacherMy wife, astrophysicist Tui Britton, and I were fortunate enough to be with friends in Cairns during the total solar eclipse on 14 November 2012. It was a great week, in which we...
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Pleiades Visions - Music and Aboriginal Astronomy
Dr. Matthew Whitehouse is an organist, composer, and astronomy educator in the U.S. He completed undergraduate studies in organ performance at the University of South Carolina, followed by a Master of...
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Rare Aboriginal Rock Art Under Threat
On Thursday, 30 November 2012, the 7.30 show on ABC featured a piece about threats to Aboriginal rock art, especially in the Sydney region. With damage by developers and tourists, Aboriginal sites are...
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Night Sky Dreaming - An Indigenous Astronomy Tour
Discover the wonders of Indigenous Astronomy on a 9 day tour with CSIRO astrophysicist Ray Norris and well-respected Astronomer Fred Watson.Image by Renee Nowytarger.Event Type:Special eventDate:18...
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Arcturus: Food and Seasonal Change
by Duane HamacherAboriginal people have been using the stars as indicators of seasonal change for thousands of years. In the following series of blog posts, I will show you how this was done in some...
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The Mystery of Parna
by Duane HamacherIn the Adelaide region of South Australia, the arrival of autumn was signalled by the heliacal rising of a star the local Aboriginal people called Parna. The appearance of Parna just...
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Rock Art and Ancient Knowledge of Astronomy
By Michelle C. LangleyBased on the article Orientations of linear stone arrangements in New South Wales in Australian Archaeology No. 75 by Duane Hamacher, Robert Fuller and Ray Norris.Original article...
View ArticleJangurna Story: Indigenous Astronomy in Western Australia
By Peter MorseTaken from Peter Morse's blog at www.petermorse.com.auAbove is a 4 minute preview of the 20 minute ‘Jangurna Story’ – a fulldome movie exploring Indigenous stories of the night sky around...
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Bahloo the Moon and the Daens
As recorded by Katie Langloh Parker (1897)From the Eulayhi people of northwestern New South Wales.Bahloo, the moon-man looked, down at the earth one night, when his light was shining quite brightly, to...
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Mullyangah the Morning Star
As recorded by Katie Langloh Parker (1897)From the Eulayhi people of northwestern New South Wales.Mullyan, the eagle hawk, built himself a home high in a yaraan tree. There he lived apart from his...
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Baidam – The Shark Constellation
Baidam painting by Dennis Nona.In the astronomical traditions of Torres Strait Islanders, Baidam is a shark. The shark constellation consists of seven stars. The stars of Baidam were used for...
View ArticleStories Under Tagai: Traditional Stories from the Torres Strait
Presented at the 2012 MyLanguage Conference held at the State Library of Queensland in August. It tells the story of the Indigenous Knowledge Centres' (IKC) of the Torres Strait and explores the...
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A Shark in the Stars: Astronomy and Culture in the Torres Strait
Originally published in The Conversation, 10 July 2013, 6.36 am ESTby Duane HamacherTagai by Glen MackieTechnology has, without doubt, expanded our understanding of space. The Voyager 1 space probe is...
View ArticleAustralian Space Sciences Conference
The Australian Space Sciences Conference is having their annual meeting at the University of New South Wales this year from 30 September to 2 October 2013.On Wednesday, 2 October, the ASSC will feature...
View ArticleTEDx NorthernSydneyInstitute: Look Up! There's an Emu in the Sky
Dr Duane Hamacher, University of New South Wales, Sydney
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Aurorae in Australian Aboriginal Traditions
The Aurora Australis is seen by many Aboriginal groups as an omen of bushfires in the spirit world, according to a new study of traditional Indigenous oral culture.The research found most traditional...
View ArticleTEDx Perth: Science, Art, Reconciliation
Professor Steven Tingay, Curtin University, Perth
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Special Event: Corroboree Sydney
Four days of Indigenous cultural experience and interactions, including a talk on Aboriginal Astronomy by Professor Ray Norris.Date: 16 November 2013 to 19 November 2013Location: Australian Museum,...
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Exploring Astronomical Knowledge and Traditions in the Torres Strait: A...
In previous posts, we explored aspects of cultural astronomy in the Torres Strait. The indigenous people of these islands have a culture based on astronomy, yet the last major work on Islander...
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New University Course on Indigenous Astronomy
A new university course on Indigenous Astronomy will be taught at the University of New South Wales for the first time during Semester 1, 2014. The 3rd year course (ATSI 3006: Astronomy of Indigenous...
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