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The Aboriginal "Emu in the sky".In Western astronomy terms, the Southern Cross is on the right, and Scorpius on the left; the head of the emu is the Coalsack.. A constellation used almost everywhere in Australian Aboriginal culture is the "Emu in the Sky", which consists of dark nebulae (opaque clouds of dust and gas in outer space) that are visible against the (centre and other sectors of the ...
Kirsten Alexandra Banks is an Indigenous Australian astrophysicist and science communicator of the Wiradjuri people, known for her work in promoting mainstream and Aboriginal astronomy. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of New South Wales in 2018, and worked at the Sydney Observatory .
Indigenous astronomies are diverse in their specificities, but find commonality in some storytelling themes, practices, and functions. [1]In Aboriginal Astronomy, Kamilaroi and Euahlayi elders reveal that the Emu in the Sky, a dark constellation, informs on emu behaviour and seasonal changes, with consequences for food economics and ceremonial events.
Martin Nakata AM is an Australian academic, researcher and scholar in the field of Indigenous education, knowledge, and studies. He is the first aboriginal/indigenous person from the Torres Strait Islands to obtain a doctoral degree. [1] [2] He is also a proponent of indigenous standpoint theory.
Barnumbirr as a Morning Star is a creator spirit in Yolngu culture. [2] Her story is part of the Dhuwa moiety. [7] Yolngu songlines depict Barnumbirr guiding the Djanggawul sisters as they row a canoe from the mythical island of Bralgu (the home of Wangarr, the Great Creator Spirit) to discover Australia [3] and bring Madayin Law to the Dhuwa people. [8]
The Dharug language, now in a period of revitalization, is generally considered one of two dialects, inland and coastal, constituting a single language. [2] [3] The word myall, a pejorative word in Australian dialect denoting any Aboriginal person who kept up a traditional way of life, [4] originally came from the Dharug language term mayal, which denoted any person hailing from another tribe.
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
Believers in Planet X/Nibiru have given it many names since it was first proposed. All are, in fact, names for other real, hypothetical or imaginary Solar System objects that bear little resemblance either to the planet described by Lieder or to Nibiru as described by Sitchin.