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The Aboriginal "Emu in the sky".In Western astronomy terms, the Southern Cross is on the right, and Scorpius on the left; the head of the emu is the Coalsack.. A constellation used almost everywhere in Australian Aboriginal culture is the "Emu in the Sky", which consists of dark nebulae (opaque clouds of dust and gas in outer space) that are visible against the (centre and other sectors of the ...
Indigenous astronomies are diverse in their specificities, but find commonality in some storytelling themes, practices, and functions. [1]In Aboriginal Astronomy, Kamilaroi and Euahlayi elders reveal that the Emu in the Sky, a dark constellation, informs on emu behaviour and seasonal changes, with consequences for food economics and ceremonial events.
A depiction of the emu in the sky known as weitj. The weitj in the sky is male, and you can see them guarding their eggs. During Makuru (the coldest and wettest time of the year, that falls across June and July), which is an Australian Aboriginal constellation consisting of dark clouds rather than of stars.
He has been pivotal in researching the Emu in the sky astronomical interpretation, that recognises the space between the stars in the Milky Way as containing ancestral figures, [3] [8] the inspiration for the title of Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu. [9]
The emu (/ ˈ iː m juː /; Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius and the third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the ...
The title refers to what is known as the Emu in the sky constellation in Aboriginal astronomy, known as Gugurmin, or "dark emu" to the Wiradjuri people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A second edition, entitled Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture was published in June 2018, [ 3 ] and a version of the book for younger readers, entitled ...
EMU is a radio sky survey project which will use the new ASKAP telescope to make a deep (~10 microJy rms) radio continuum survey covering the entire Southern Sky as far north as declination +30°. It will have about 40 times the sensitivity, and six times the resolution, of the NVSS ”, and will also be more sensitive to extended diffuse ...
Daramulum is depicted on rock art off Elvina Track in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, near to a carving of his emu-wife. [2] He is depicted in semi-profile, with one arm, an emu-back (i.e. pointed buttocks), and a large foot. [5] His voice can be heard through the medium of the bullroarer which is whirled through the air during initiation ...