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  2. Tales of the Southern Cross - Wikipedia

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    Tales of the Southern Cross is a 1940 Australian radio drama series by Joy Hollyer. It was a series of children's Sunday plays, based on Australian history and true adventure. It was a series of children's Sunday plays, based on Australian history and true adventure.

  3. Australian Aboriginal astronomy - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Torres Strait Islanders - Wikipedia

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    In his left hand, he holds a fishing spear, representing the Southern Cross. In his right hand, he holds a sorbi (a red fruit). In his right hand, he holds a sorbi (a red fruit). In this story, the Tagai and his crew of 12 were preparing for a journey, but before the journey began, the crew consumed all the food and drink they planned to take.

  5. Eureka Flag - Wikipedia

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    The Eureka Flag features the stars of the Southern Cross, a constellation more visible to viewers in the Southern Hemisphere. The stars are arranged differently from the astronomical alignment of the Southern Cross. The "middle" star (Epsilon Crucis) in the constellation is off-centre and near the edge of the "diamond." In contrast, the Eureka ...

  6. Bundjalung people - Wikipedia

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    Bundjalung Nation Aboriginal people have lived on and visited Goanna Headland for at least 12,000 years. The Aboriginal tribes were not united anytime before the 18th century, with more than 20 main groups, known collectively as the "Bundjalung Nation". Certain deities and religious practices were specific to certain localities.

  7. Coalsack Nebula - Wikipedia

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    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. The European constellation on the right is Crux, or the Southern Cross, and on the left is Scorpius. The head of the emu is the Coalsack.

  8. Roslyn Poignant - Wikipedia

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    The Dancing Boy: A Story of the First Australians 1975 [8] Children of Oropiro 1976 with Axel Poignant [9] Discovery Under the Southern Cross 1976 [10] The First and Last Frontier 1988 [11] Encounter at Nagalarramba 1996 (with Axel Poignant) [12] Professional Savages: Captive Lives and Western Spectacle 2004 [2]

  9. Bobtales - Wikipedia

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    Bobtales is an Australian animated series of aboriginal dreamtime stories produced in Perth, Western Australia in 1997 and aired in 1998.. Thirteen 5-minute episodes were produced by independent film company Gripping Film and Graphics and the Western Australian Aboriginal Media Association in Western Australia, with funding from Screenwest, Film Australia, and SBS Independent.