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Night Skies of Aboriginal Australia: A Noctuary
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List of figures
Seasonal Calendar of the Meriam People (based on information in Sharp 1993).
Seasonal Calendar of the Mabuiag and Muralag Island People (Rivers and Ray Haddon et al. 1912 [4] [5]).
Seasonal Calendar of the Gagadju People (based on information in Neidjie et al., 1993).
Seasonal Calandar of the Yaraldi (Jaralde) People (based on information in Berndt and Berndt, 1993).
Drawing 1: The
Tagai
Constellation by Waria from Mabuiag (from Haddon, Cambridge University Press, 1912)
Drawing 2:
Kek
(Achernar) by Gizu from Mabuiag (from Haddon, Cambridge University Press, 1912)
Drawing 3: The
Baidam
constellation by Naii from Mabuiag (from Haddon, Cambridge University Press, 1912)
Drawing 4: Drawings of constellations by Gizu from Mabuiag (from Haddon, Cambridge University Press, 1912) A
Dogai
wauralaig
or
I
(Altair) B Dogai
kukilaig
or
Metakorab
(Vega) C
Bu
(Delphinus)
Drawing 5: The
Tagai
Constellation by Mariget from Mabuiag (from Haddon, Cambridge University Press, 1912)
Drawing 6:
Tagai
and
Kareg
in their canoe by Gizu from Mabuiag (from Haddon, Cambridge University Press, 1912)
Drawing 7: The Moon with a halo,
Kubuwai
, by Gizu from Mabuiag (from Haddon, Cambridge University Press, 1912)
Diagram 1: Orion and Taurus
Diagram 2: Area of sky covered by the
Tagai
Diagram 3: Western Constellations involved in the Seven Sisters stories
Diagram 4: Scorpius
Diagram 5: Constellations and Kin Ties of Aranda/Luritja (N.T.) People
Diagram 6: Capricornus, Aquila, Cygnus, Lyra, Ophiuchus and Hercules
Diagram 7: Kin Ties represented by stars among the Booyong (Vic.) People
The Milky Way, Millingimbi
The Milky Way and Coal Sack, Oenpelli
The Milky Way, Groote Eylandt
The Milky Way, Yirrkala
Orion and the Pleiades, Yirrkala
Orion and the Pleiades, Millingimbi
Orion and the Pleiades, Groote Eylandt
The Magellan Clouds, Yirrkala
(Above) The Magellan Clouds, Groote Eylandt
(Left) The Southern Cross and Pointers, Yirrkala
The Morning Stars, Oenpelli
The Sun Woman, Groote Eylandt
Venus, Jupiter and their Children, Groote Eyland
The Sun Woman, Yirrkala
The Moon Man, Yirrkala
The Moon Man, Millingimbi
The Moon Man, Groote Eylandt
The Southern Cross, Groote Eylandt
The Pointers, Groote Eylandt
The Southern Cross, Oenpelli
The Crab, Groote Eylandt
Walagugu and the Tjirupun, Oenpelli
The Scorpion, Yirrkala
The Scorpions, Groote Eylandt
The Opossum Man, Kapali, Oenpelli
The Crocodile, the Opossum and the Ibis Men, Yirrkala