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Emu dreaming : an introduction to Australian Aboriginal astronomy / by Ray & Cilla Norris.

Record no:

86791

Call no:

572.994 NOR

Author:

Norris, Ray P. ; Norris, Cilla

Publisher:

Sydney: Emu Dreaming

Year:

2009

Description:

iii, 30 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Australian Aborigines - Astronomy;
Australian Aborigines - Mythology;
Australian Aborigines - Legends;
Southern sky (Astronomy);
Emus - Folklore;

Yolngu (Australian people);

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Isbn:

9780980657005

Notes:

Title page signed by Ray Norris, 2016.

Type:

Thesis

Abstract:

Introductory overview of some aspects of Aboriginal astronomy; the Milky Way and the Emu; the magellanic clouds; sun, moon and eclipses; calendars and constellations; Morning Star, Evening Star; cycles of the Moon carved at a site called Ngaut Ngaut on

the Murray River, SA.

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