Hidden Aboriginal star maps in Australia’s highway network

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Australia sky Source: R. Scott Hinks/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA (Wikimedia commons)

For 50,000 years, Australia's First Peoples have traveled long distances using star maps in the night sky. When you're driving on a major road out on country, chances are you may be driving on an Aboriginal dreaming track developed thousands of years ago.



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