Dawes Review 5: Australian Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation — HN submission

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Australian Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation (2016)

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Dawes Review 5: Australian Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation — mentioned by cmroanirgo

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:31:25 GMT

For those who might prefer less story, and more 'meat and bones'. A little known fact: Many of Australia's roads were originally mapped out by Aboriginals, who used songlines (/the stars) to navigate. This means many of Australia's main roads are 10's of thousands years old. (Admittedly, the roads didn't actually exist, even though the pathway did) Research by Ray Norris (of CSIRO) is very interesting: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.02215 His website on Aboriginal Astronomy: emudreaming.com

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Dawes Review 5: Australian Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation — mentioned by cmroanirgo