Before Galileo: Star Law of Bill Harney

Before Galileo, ABC Message Stick Episode 2009, featuring just the Wardaman Aboriginal Star Law of Yidumduma Bill Harney.  Used by the YDP Dreaming Project with permission of ABC TV.

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Yidumduma's Wardaman star names feature in renaming of stars.

"Four Aboriginal Australian star names were also added to the IAU stellar name catalogue, including the Wardaman names Larawag, Ginan, and Wurren for the stars designated ε (Epsilon) Scorpii, ε (Epsilon) Crucis, and ζ (Zeta) Phoenicis, respectively, and the Boorong name Unurgunite for the star (Sigma) Canis Majoris (an ancestral figure who fights the Moon)."

 

Planetarium Star Show

Aboriginal Skies: In the Land of the Lightning People (US)
Dark Sparklers: Star Law of Bill Harney (Australia)

This planetarium show celebrates the vast Star Law of Australian Wardaman Aboriginal Elder, Yidumduma Bill Harney, and his groundbreaking work with Dr. Hugh Cairns in their 2003 publication of Dark Sparklers. This presentation was conceived in the US by Yidumduma's student of over 25 years, Adelaide born Paul Taylor, in collaboration with Colorado University Astronomy Professor, Dr. John Stocke. Presented for over 12 years at Colorado's Fiske Planetarium, this show has been endorsed and co-presented with both Yidumduma and Dr. Cairns.

Star Tales: Milky Way

Indigenous Australian elder, Michael Anderson, tells the story of the Wurrum-Boorrool, the Milky Way and also return home when you die through the hollow log Goolee-bhar tree of the Coal Sack.

The Wirangu Seven Sisters Creation Story
| Walking Together | ABC Australia 
The universal story of the Seven Sisters, Pleiades.

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