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Solstice and Solar Position observations in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions
Duane W. Hamacher, Robert S. Fuller, Trevor M. Leaman +1
A major focus of the archaeoastronomical research conducted around the world focuses on understanding how ancient cultures observed sunrise and sunset points along the horizon, par…
Star Maps and Travelling to Ceremonies -- the Euahlayi People and Their Use of the Night Sky
Robert S. Fuller, Michelle Trudgett, Ray P. Norris +1
The Euahlayi people are an Australian Aboriginal language group located in north-central New South Wales and south-central Queensland. They have a rich culture of astronomy, and us…
The Emu Sky Knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi Peoples
Robert Fuller, Michael Anderson, Ray Norris +1
This paper presents a detailed study of the knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi peoples about the Emu in the Sky. This study was done with ethnographic data that was not previo…
The Astronomy of the Kamilaroi People and their Neighbours
Robert S. Fuller, Ray P. Norris, Michelle Trudgett
The Kamilaroi people and their neighbours, the Euahlayi, Ngemba, and Murrawarri, are an Aboriginal cultural grouping located in the northwest and north central of New South Wales.…
Astronomical Orientations of Bora Ceremonial Grounds in Southeast Australia
Robert S. Fuller, Duane W. Hamacher, Ray P. Norris
Ethnographic evidence indicates that bora (initiation) ceremonial sites in southeast Australia, which typically comprise a pair of circles connected by a pathway, are symbolically…
Orientations of linear stone arrangements in New South Wales
Duane W. Hamacher, Robert S. Fuller, Ray P. Norris
We test the hypothesis that Aboriginal linear stone arrangements in New South Wales (NSW) are oriented to cardinal directions. We accomplish this by measuring the azimuths of stone…