First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars Brand / Warndu Christina Quarles

Christina Quarles

on Bentinck Island – the land associated with Dibirdibi (The Rock Cod Ancestor)

With kids aged 7 to 12 years in mind

This book captures the inanimate beauty of the everyday in a distinctly Australian context

among the most universally recognizable artists of the twentieth century

First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars Brand / Warndu Christina QuarlesThe First Astronomers is the first book to reveal the rich knowledge of the stars and the planets held by First Peoples around the world. Our eyes have been drawn away from the skies to our screens. We no longer look to the stars to forecast the weather, predict the seasons or plant our gardens. Most of us cannot even see the Milky Way. But First Nations Elders around the world still maintain this knowledge, and there is much we can learn from them.