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Indigenous conversations: Hidden Aboriginal star maps in Australian highway network

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For 50,000 years, Australias 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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By Amy Chien-Yu Wang

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For 50,000 years, Australias 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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