Australian_Aboriginal_Astronomy_Project

Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project

Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project

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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.[1] This research in cultural astronomy covers the disciplines of archaeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy, historical astronomy, geomythology, and Indigenous knowledge. Their work encompasses the cultural significance of astronomy within indigenous communities, while simultaneously maintaining the continuation of indigenous knowledge that astronomy encompasses.[2]

In 2021, asteroid 10040 Ghillar was named in honour of Ghillar Michael Anderson, an elder of the Euahlayi people, who has collaborated[3] with academic astronomers Robert Fuller and Duane Hamacher[4] in sharing and documenting traditional star knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi people.


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  1. "New blog for Indigenous Astronomy project". Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University. March 2011.
  2. Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (2022-05-25). "Aboriginal astronomy". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  3. Duane Hamacher, Associate Professor In Cultural Astronomy University of Melbourne. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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