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90 relations: Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal stone arrangement, Affair, Archaeoastronomy, Astronomy, Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Baralku, Barnumbirr, Betelgeuse, Bill Yidumduma Harney, Boomerang, Bow (ship), Bunjil, Calendar, Canberra, Canoe, Canopus, Cape York Peninsula, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Coalsack Nebula, Constellation, Cosmology, Crux, CSIRO, Daramulum, Dark nebula, Dingo, Djadjawurrung, Dreaming (Australian Aboriginal art), Emu, Equinox, Eta Carinae, Full moon, Gnowee, Greek mythology, Gulumbu Yunupingu, Heliacal rising, Indigenous Australian art, Indigenous Australians, Jupiter, Karatgurk, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Kulin, Kuringgai, List of archaeoastronomical sites by country, Little River, Victoria, Lunar phase, Lyra, Macquarie University, ..., Makassar, Malleefowl, Milky Way, Missionary, Moon, New moon, Northern Territory, Ochre, Orion (constellation), Orion Nebula, Orion's Belt, Phalangeriformes, Pitjantjatjara, Planet, Pleiades, Pleiades in folklore and literature, Questacon, Rigel, Scorpius, Sea cucumber, Solar eclipse, Solstice, Star, Stern, Sun, Sydney rock engravings, Tide, Venus, Victoria (Australia), Wala (goddess), Wardaman people, Warlpiri people, Wergaia, Western Australia, Wirangu language, Wurdi Youang, Wuriupranili, Wurundjeri, Yhi, Yolngu. Expand index (40 more) »
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians are legally defined as people who are members "of the Aboriginal race of Australia" (indigenous to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania).
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Aboriginal stone arrangement
Aboriginal stone arrangements are a form of rock art constructed by Indigenous Australians.
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Affair
An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment between two people without the attached person's significant other knowing.
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Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultures".
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Astronomy
Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.
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Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project
The Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project is a collaboration of academics, educators, and indigenous elders researching the astronomical traditions and knowledge of Indigenous Australians, commonly termed Australian Aboriginal astronomy.
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is an independent Australian Government statutory authority.
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Baralku
In Yolngu culture, Baralku (or Bralgu) is the island of the dead and the place where the Djanggawul originated.
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Barnumbirr
Barnumbirr is a creator-spirit in the Yolngu culture of Arnhem Land in Australia, who is identified as the planet Venus.
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Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse, also designated Alpha Orionis (α Orionis, abbreviated Alpha Ori, α Ori), is the ninth-brightest star in the night sky and second-brightest in the constellation of Orion.
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Bill Yidumduma Harney
Bill Yidumduma Harney (often shortened to Bill Harney) is a senior elder of the Wardaman people whose homeland is near Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia, and who lives at nearby Menngen Station.
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Boomerang
A boomerang is a thrown tool, typically constructed as a flat airfoil, that is designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight.
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Bow (ship)
The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.
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Bunjil
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Bunjil is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle (or eaglehawk).
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Calendar
A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial or administrative purposes.
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Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
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Canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle.
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Canopus
Canopus, also designated Alpha Carinae (α Carinae, abbreviated Alpha Car, α Car), is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina, and the second-brightest star in the night-time sky, after Sirius.
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Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri AO (1932 – 21 June 2002) was an Australian painter, considered to be one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal artists.
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Coalsack Nebula
The Coalsack Dark Nebula (or simply the Coalsack) is the most prominent dark nebula in the skies, easily visible to the naked eye as a dark patch silhouetted against the southern Milky Way.
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Constellation
A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.
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Cosmology
Cosmology (from the Greek κόσμος, kosmos "world" and -λογία, -logia "study of") is the study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.
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Crux
Crux is a constellation located in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way.
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CSIRO
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research.
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Daramulum
In several of the Aboriginal cultures of south-east Australia such as Wiradyuri, Kamilaroi, Eora, Darkinjung, and Guringai, Daramulum (“one legged”) is a son of Baiame and his emu-wife Birrahgnooloo.
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Dark nebula
A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae.
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Dingo
The dingo (Canis familiaris or Canis familiaris dingo or Canis lupus dingo or Canis dingo) is a type of feral dog native to Australia.
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Djadjawurrung
Djadjawurrung or Dja Dja Wurrung, also known as the Jaara or Jajowrong people and Loddon River tribe, is a native Aboriginal tribe which occupied the watersheds of the Loddon and Avoca rivers in the Bendigo region of central Victoria, Australia.
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Dreaming (Australian Aboriginal art)
In Australian Aboriginal art, a Dreaming is a totemistic design or artwork, which can be owned by a tribal group or individual.
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Emu
The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich.
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Equinox
An equinox is commonly regarded as the moment the plane (extended indefinitely in all directions) of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 22-23 September.
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Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae (η Carinae, abbreviated to η Car), formerly known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity greater than five million times that of the Sun, located around 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) distant in the constellation Carina.
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Full moon
The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective.
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Gnowee
In the mythology of the Aboriginal people of south-eastern Australia (specifically, the Wotjobaluk people who spoke the Wergaia language), Gnowee is a solar goddess whose torch is the Sun.
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Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.
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Gulumbu Yunupingu
Gulumbu Yunupingu (c. 1943 – 10 May 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal artist and women's leader from the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Heliacal rising
The heliacal rising or star rise of a star, star cluster, or galaxy occurs annually when it becomes visible above the eastern horizon for a moment before sunrise, after a period of less than a year when it had not been visible.
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Indigenous Australian art
Indigenous Australian art or Australian Aboriginal art is art made by the Indigenous peoples of Australia and in collaborations between Indigenous Australians and others.
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Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
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Karatgurk
In the mythology of the Aboriginal people of south-eastern Australia, the Karatgurk were seven sisters who represented the Pleiades star cluster.
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Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
The Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a protected national park that is located in New South Wales, Australia.
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Kulin
The Kulin nation is an alliance of five Indigenous Australian tribes in south central Victoria, Australia.
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Kuringgai
Kuringgai (also spelled Ku-ring-gai, Kuring-gai, Guringai) is an ethnonym referring to (a) an hypothesis regarding an aggregation of indigenous Australian peoples occupying the territory between the southern borders of the Gamilaraay and the area around Sydney (b) perhaps an historical people with its own distinctive language, now lost, once located in part of that territory, or (c) people of aboriginal origin who identify themselves as descending from the original peoples denoted by (a) or (b) and who call themselves Guringai.
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List of archaeoastronomical sites by country
This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.
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Little River, Victoria
Little River is a town in Victoria, Australia, that is located about south-west of the Melbourne central business district, located within the Cities of Greater Geelong and Wyndham local government areas.
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Lunar phase
The lunar phase or phase of the Moon is the shape of the directly sunlit portion of the Moon as viewed from Earth.
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Lyra
Lyra (Latin for lyre, from Greek λύρα) is a small constellation.
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Macquarie University
Macquarie University is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park.
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Makassar
Makassar (Buginese-Makassar language: ᨀᨚᨈ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ) – sometimes spelled Macassar – is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Malleefowl
The malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken (to which it is distantly related).
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Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize and/or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
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Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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New moon
In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude.
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.
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Ochre
Ochre (British English) (from Greek: ὤχρα, from ὠχρός, ōkhrós, pale) or ocher (American English) is a natural clay earth pigment which is a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.
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Orion (constellation)
Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world.
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Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion.
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Orion's Belt
Orion's Belt or the Belt of Orion, also known as the Three Kings or Three Sisters, is an asterism in the constellation Orion.
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Phalangeriformes
Phalangeriformes is a suborder of any of about 70 small- to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi (and introduced to New Zealand and China).
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Pitjantjatjara
The Pitjantjatjara are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert.
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Planet
A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.
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Pleiades
The Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45), are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus.
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Pleiades in folklore and literature
The high visibility of the star cluster Pleiades in the night sky has guaranteed it a special place in many cultures, both ancient and modern.
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Questacon
Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre, is located on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia.
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Rigel
Rigel, also designated Beta Orionis (β Orionis, abbreviated Beta Ori, β Ori), is generally the seventh-brightest star in the night sky and the brightest star in the constellation of Orion—though periodically it is outshone within the constellation by the variable Betelgeuse.
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Scorpius
Scorpius is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
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Sea cucumber
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea.
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Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse (as seen from the planet Earth) is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially blocks ("occults") the Sun.
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Solstice
A solstice is an event occurring when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere.
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Star
A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.
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Stern
The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Sydney rock engravings
Sydney rock engravings, or Sydney rock art, are a form of Australian Aboriginal rock art in the sandstone around Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, that consist of carefully drawn images of people, animals, or symbols.
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Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.
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Victoria (Australia)
Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.
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Wala (goddess)
In Australian aboriginal mythology, Wala is a sun goddess who lived with her sister, Bara, and her sister-in-law, Madalait.
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Wardaman people
The Wardaman people are a small group of Indigenous Australians living about 145 km South-West of Katherine on Menngen Aboriginal Land Trust in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Warlpiri people
The Warlpiri are a group of Indigenous Australians, many of whom speak the Warlpiri language.
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Wergaia
Wergaia or Werrigia is an indigenous Australian language group in the Wimmera region of north-Western Victoria.
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Western Australia
Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.
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Wirangu language
The Wirangu language is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Wirangu people, living on the west coast of South Australia across a region encompassing modern Ceduna and Streaky Bay, stretching west approximately to the head of the Great Australian Bight and east to Lake Gairdner.
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Wurdi Youang
Wurdi Youang is an aboriginal stone arrangement located off the Little River – Ripley Road at Mount Rothwell, near Little River, Victoria.
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Wuriupranili
In the mythology of the Aboriginal people of northern Australia, the Sun Woman Wuriupranili (or Wuriunpranilli) is a solar goddess whose stringybark torch is the sun.
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Wurundjeri
The Wurundjeri are a people of the Indigenous Australian nation of the Wurundjeri language group, in the Kulin alliance.
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Yhi
In Australian Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Gamilaraay peoples), Yhi is a goddess of light and creation, and a solar deity.
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Yolngu
The Yolngu or Yolŋu are an aggregation of indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_astronomy
