Solar System: Indigenous Astronomy

"Star Stories of the Dreaming tells some of the rich cultural astronomy stories of the
Kamilaroi (pronounced kah-mee-lah-roi) and Euahlayi (pronounced you-wally-yay) peoples..."

"The calendars demonstrate the wealth of knowledge that Indigenous peoples in Australia hold about the environment.."

"Scientists think they may have found the world's oldest astronomical map right here in Australia. The sacred Aboriginal site is believed to have been made to map the position of the sun, moon and stars in the sky. And studies suggest it might be old enough to predate some much more famous examples from overseas..."

"The First Nations cultures of Australia – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – speak over 250 distinct languages and stretch back for over 65,000 years. This makes the First Australians the oldest astronomers and the oldest continuing cultures in the world.."

On a dark, clear night, it is usually easy to see a dusty white band of stars stretching across the sky. "This is the Milky Way galaxy, a massive collection of stars, dust, and clouds of gas. The Milky Way contains hundreds of billions of stars. It is only one of billions of galaxies in the universe..."

"A dark nebula in the Crux constellation (Southern Cross). Easily visible against a starry background, it is perhaps the most conspicuous dark nebula..."

Crux is a cross-shaped constellation that appears in the Southern Hemisphere. Because of its location, "Crux was not identified by many cultures in the Northern Hemisphere, but it was identified by various Aboriginal Australian and Pacific Islander peoples, among others..."