First Knowledges Astronomy: Sky Country by Karlie Noon

First Knowledges Astronomy: Sky Country by Karlie NoonWhat do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest scientists in human history. Many First Peoples regard the land as a reflection of the sky and the sky a reflection of the land. Sophisticated astronomical expertise embedded within the Dreamtime and

bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand

and Warramurrunundji the Earth Mother all pass through the region and are important Ancestral Beings for local Aboriginal people

the world is full of mazes

a summary of the flora mentioned

seeking to lay to rest her father's ghost but finding herself faced with many of her own

The new edition contains more mapping than ever before

The Centre is the first natural history of this region for 100 years and as such it is the culmination of a broad spectrum of study and analysis of this little-understood part of the world

Discover the gorgeously illustrated series that's loved by tens of thousands of readers

This picture book for older children is an ode and an obituary to the indigenous landscape

Our eyes have been drawn away from the skies to our screens

each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer

a new partner who already had all the children he wanted