Campion Library: Indigenous Australians: Science and Environment

Arrawarra: Sharing Culture is an educational project that seeks to summarise knowledge about traditional harvesting, and related activities, as part of the process of educating future generations of Gumbaynggirr people. The project provides an ideal opportunity to educate the wider community about the rich traditional and cultural knowledge held by Garby Elders

Fact Sheets
This series of 20 Fact Sheets is the main output from this cross-cultural education project. They have been designed as an educational tool, and succinctly summarise facets of traditional and cultural life and practices in the Arrawarra region. They also outline how science and traditional ecological knowledge can work together to promote sustainable use of our valuable marine resources.

Aboriginal people and the environment

Climate, Weather and Culture A culture in which all things past and present are interrelated
Bureau of Meteorology.
Indigeneous weather knowledge
Indigenous Australians have long held their own seasonal calendars based on the local sequence of natural events.

Aboriginal People and Astronimy

Australia's first astronomers
Astronomy didn't start with the Greeks. Thousands of years earlier Aboriginal people scanned the night sky, using its secrets to survive the Australian landscape.
Aboriginal Astronomy
Many ancient cultures studied the night sky, and we know this because it is reflected in some of the earliest stories we have on record. Learn about one of these stories in this video. Other than the Dreamtime stories, what other evidence might there be that the Aboriginal people studied the stars?
Astronomy
What Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples see in the sky are not only planets, stars and other physical bodies, but something much grander: a confirmation of what we already know about how the world operates – time, life, our place in the universe.