Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa
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The Yamaji-Wajarri people studied the wide-open skies of their country for millennia before being host to one of the world’s largest radio telescopes
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Carlleen Dingo’s earliest memories are of looking up at the inky black skies above Australia’s north-west coastline, awash with planets, stars and galaxies. Geraldton, or Jambinu, is a coastal town 400 kilometres north of Perth, known for its wildflowers, red earth, fierce winds, undulating sandy dunes.
But at night, there’s another world on display.
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