Pre-contact astronomy

Ragbir Bhathal

Pre-contact astronomy

Ragbir Bhathal

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Abstract

This paper examines a representative selection of the Aboriginal bark paintings featuring astronomical themes or motives that were collected in 1948 during the American- Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in north Australia. These paintings were studied in an effort to obtain an insight into the pre-contact social-cultural astronomy of the Aboriginal people of Australia who have lived on the Australian continent for over 40 000 years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-23
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales
Volume	142
Issue number	40636
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, 1948
celestial astronomy

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