From predicting weather and harvest cycles to navigating vast distances to teaching moral lessons, Indigenous astronomers have used stargazing in a plethora of ways for thousands of years.
At MPavilion last month, Kamilaroi astrophysics student Krystal De Napoli talked about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities' knowledges about how the sky and land are connected.
This episode of SleepTalker features excerpts from the recording of the event, 65,000+ Years of Indigenous Astronomy, kindly supplied to Triple R by the MPavilion team.
- Space OddityWillow Beats
- White CockatooWaak Waak Djungi
- IntroKuren
- AllaraWala Is Life
- Abala Barlawa (Everything Was At Peace)Kardajala Kirridarra
- 65,000+ Years of Indigenous Astronomy (recording of MPavilion event)Krystal De Napoli
- OmniDiimpa
- Reef DeathDiimpa
- TurnDiimpa
- WakeDiimpa
- Native Tongue Reprise (feat. Lay the Mystic)Mojo Juju
- Birdsong At DuskWilliam Barton
- BarmahAllara
- Guni Yu-GiDispossessed
- IntroDispossessed
- 'kotuwossomikhalJeremy Dutcher
- EqpahakJeremy Dutcher
- UltestakonJeremy Dutcher
- ImprovisationWilliam Barton
- SmokeMonash Art Ensemble
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