Exploring Astronomical Knowledge and Traditions in the Torres Strait

Why space exploration must not be left to a few powerful nations

Timiebi Aganaba, Adam Fish, Duane Hamacher, Alvin Harvey, Daniel Joinbee, Anthony Milligan, Chakad Ojani, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Peter Swanton, Hilding Neilson, Brad Tucker

2025-01-01

The space industry is expanding fast — and its value is set to triple in the next decade, from US$630 billion in 2023 to $1.8 tril..

Visual Perception Principles in Constellation Creation

BA Kelly, C Kemp, DR Little, D Hamacher, SJ Cropper

2024-01-01

Many cultures share common constellations and common narratives about the stars in the night sky. Previous research has shown that..

The archaeology of orality: Dating Tasmanian Aboriginal oral traditions to the Late Pleistocene

D Hamacher, P Nunn, M Gantevoort, R Taylor, G Lehman, KHA Law, M Miles

2023-11-01

Aboriginal people have lived in Australia, continuously, for tens of thousands of years. Over that time, they developed complex kn..

Using the Significant Horizons Methodology to Determine Potential Astronomical Use of Aboriginal Stone Arrangements

Trevor M Leaman, Duane W Hamacher

2023-01-01

A novel methodology, which we call Significant Horizons, ranks Aboriginal cultural sites according to their potential for astronom..

Perceptual Grouping Explains Similarities in Constellations Across Cultures

C Kemp, DW Hamacher, DR Little, SJ Cropper

2022-03-01

Cultures around the world organize stars into constellations, or asterisms, and these groupings are often considered to be arbitra..

The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the stars

Duane Hamacher

2022-03-01

Our eyes have been drawn away from the skies to our screens. We no longer look to the stars to forecast the weather, predict the s..

A Cultural Comparison Of The ‘dark Constellations’ In The Milky Way

SR Gullberg, DW Hamacher, A Martín-Lopez, J Mejuto, AM Munro, W Orchiston

2020-01-01

Cultures around the world find meaning in the groupings of stars and features in the Milky Way. The striking appearance of our Gal..

Best Practices and Protocols for Including Indigenous Astronomy in the Planetarium setting

Annette S Lee, Nancy Maryboy, David Begay, Wilfred Buck, Yasmin Catricheo, Duane Hamacher, Jarita Holbrook, Ka’iu Kimura, Carola Knockwood, Te Kahuratai Painting, Milagros Varguez

2020-01-01

Solstice and Solar Position Observations in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditions

DW Hamacher, RS Fuller, TM Leaman, D Bosun

2020-01-01

A major focus of archaeoastronomical research conducted around the world is to understand how ancient cultures observed sunrise an..

TWIN SUNS IN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL TRADITIONS

Duane W Hamacher, Rubina R Visuvanathan

2018-12-01

Observations of red-giant variable stars by Aboriginal Australians

DW Hamacher

2018-04-01

Aboriginal Australians carefully observe the properties and positions of stars, including both overt and subtle changes in their b..

A methodology for testing horizon astronomy in Australian aboriginal cultural sites: A case study

TM Leaman, DW Hamacher

2018-01-01

Aboriginal people connect landscape to the positions of the Sun and Moon throughout the year for time reckoning, seasonal calendar..

Indigenous use of stellar scintillation to predict weather and seasonal change

DW Hamacher, J Barsa, S Passi, A Tapim

2018-01-01

Indigenous peoples across the world observe the motions and positions of stars to develop seasonal calendars. Changing properties ..

IDENTIFYING SEASONAL STARS IN KAURNA ASTRONOMICAL TRADITIONS

Duane W Hamacher

2015-03-01

ARE SUPERNOVAE RECORDED IN INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMICAL TRADITIONS?

Duane W Hamacher

2014-07-01