The Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project is a collaboration of academics, educators, and Indigenous elders researching the astronomical traditions and knowledge of Indigenous Australians, commonly termed Australian Aboriginal astronomy. This research in cultural astronomy covers the disciplines of archaeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy, historical astronomy, geomythology, and Indigenous knowledge. Their work encompasses the cultural significance of astronomy within indigenous communities, while simultaneously maintaining the continuation of indigenous knowledge that astronomy encompasses.
In 2021, asteroid 10040 Ghillar was named in honour of Ghillar Michael Anderson, an elder of the Euahlayi people, who has collaboratedAsteroid named in honour of Ghillar Michael Anderson for the Aboriginal elder's contribution to astronomy, ABC News, 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021. with academic astronomers Robert Fuller and Duane HamacherDuane Hamacher, Associate Professor In Cultural Astronomy University of Melbourne. Retrieved 6 July 2021. in sharing and documenting traditional star knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi people.
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External links Australian Indigenous Astronomy