Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa

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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. The Yamaji-Wajarri people have looked to the skies for thousands of years as a teacher and a guide. “At night-time, living out in the bush, [I] always sat around the fire and looked up, looking at the embers flicking in the air. There’s a sky full of stars. “You get curious and you watch, and then…

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