Aboriginal Astronomy

Questacon’s Indigenous Astronomy books, The Emu and Hunter in the Sky, are a great archaeoastronomy resource.

Australia’s indigenous peoples have a rich heritage of astronomical observation and story telling. Archaeoastronomy is an important field of research in Australia and other parts of the world.

These stories are from Questacon’s book The Emu in the Sky, a collection of Aboriginal astronomy stories from all around Australia.

• The Emu
• The Sun
• The Seven Sisters
• Tagai (the warrior)
• The Seasons
• The Moon
• The Morning Star
• The Southern Cross

Emu in the Sky is written by Peter D'Arcy, and the illustrations are by Scott Towney. ISBN: 0 646 182 021

Available from the Questacon Shop for $4.30.

The sequel, The Hunter in the Sky, is now out of print.

Other Links

Indigenous people all over the world have their own mythology and stories about the sky.

Traditions of the Sun is a NASA site that explores the ancient astronomical observatories at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and the Yucatan in Mexico.

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