THE FIRST ASTRONOMERS HOW INDIGENOUS ELDERS READ THE STARS Kurt M. Masrshek For Aboriginal people a place

For Aboriginal people a place comes into being each time it is sung

It has been produced on behalf of members of the Rirratjingu clan to celebrate Yalangbara (Port Bradshaw)

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THE FIRST ASTRONOMERS HOW INDIGENOUS ELDERS READ THE STARS Kurt M. Masrshek For Aboriginal people a placeOur eyes have been drawn away from the skies to our screens. We no longer look to the stars to forecast the weather, predict the seasons or plant our gardens. Most of us cannot even see the Milky Way. But First Nations Elders around the world still maintain this knowledge, and there is much we can learn from them. These Elders are expert observers of the stars. They teach that everything on the land is reflected in the sky, and everything in the sky