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Wurdi Youang: an Australian Aboriginal stone arrangement with possible solar indications
Ray P. Norris, Cilla Norris, Duane W. Hamacher +1
Wurdi Youang is an egg-shaped Aboriginal stone arrangement in Victoria, Australia. Here we present a new survey of the site, and show that its major axis is aligned within a few de…
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…
Eclipses in Australian Aboriginal Astronomy
Duane W. Hamacher, Ray P. Norris
We explore 50 Australian Aboriginal accounts of lunar and solar eclipses to determine how Aboriginal groups understood this phenomenon. We summarise the literature on Aboriginal re…
"Bridging the Gap" through Australian Cultural Astronomy
Duane W. Hamacher, Ray P. Norris
For more than 50,000 years, Indigenous Australians have incorporated celestial events into their oral traditions and used the motions of celestial bodies for navigation, time-keepi…
Comets in Australian Aboriginal Astronomy
Duane W. Hamacher, Ray P. Norris
We present 25 accounts of comets from 40 Australian Aboriginal communities, citing both supernatural perceptions of comets and historical accounts of bright comets. Historical and…