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For those who might prefer less story, and more 'meat and bones'. A little known fact: Many of Australia's roads were originally mapped out by Aboriginals, who
by cmroanirgo 8y ago
For those who might prefer less story, and more 'meat and bones'.
A little known fact: Many of Australia's roads were originally mapped out by Aboriginals, who used songlines (/the stars) to navigate. This means many of Australia's main roads are 10's of thousands years old. (Admittedly, the roads didn't actually exist, even though the pathway did)
Research by Ray Norris (of CSIRO) is very interesting:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.02215 https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.02215
His website on Aboriginal Astronomy: emudreaming.com
- photojosh 8y agoThanks for this. I've recently been reading Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu', which is on how Aboriginal Australians had agriculture too, even recorded in the journals of the original Euro explorers but now lost to public consciousness.