ARE SUPERNOVAE RECORDED IN INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMICAL TRADITIONS?

Duane W Hamacher

Journal article

ARE SUPERNOVAE RECORDED IN INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMICAL TRADITIONS?

Duane W Hamacher

JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE | NATL ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INST THAILAND | Published : 2014

University of Melbourne Researchers

Duane Hamacher Author

Related Projects (1)

EXPLORING ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRADITIONS IN THE TORRES STRAIT

The astronomical knowledge of Indigenous people across the world has gained much significance as scientists continue to unravel the embedded..

Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

The author would like to acknowledge the indigenous elders and custodians of Australia. Special thanks to Steve Hutcheon and John McKim Malville for their valuable feedback and constructive criticism. This research made use of the TROVE database (trove.nla.gov.au), JSTOR (www.jstor.org), NASA Astrophysics Data System (adsabs.harvard.edu) and the Stellarium astronomical software package (www.stellarium.org). Finally, Hamacher acknowledges support from Australian Research Council grant DE140101600.

Citation metrics

14Web of Science

Keywords

Aboriginal Australians

Astronomy & Astrophysics