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Mirani Litster, Lecturer in Archaeology, James Cook University

Supernovas, auroral sounds and hungry tides: unpacking First Nations knowledge of the skies

Uluru by night with Milky Way, stars and galaxies. Taken at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Northern Territory, Central Australia.

Duane Hamacher’s The First Astronomers explores the deep and living star knowledge of First Nations people from around the world – and challenges the notion that Indigenous knowledge is not scientific.


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