Did Indigenous people use rock formations for astronomy?

Researchers have found Indigenous stone arrangements in New South Wales that may have functioned as ancient compasses.

Researchers have found stone arrangements in New South Wales that may have functioned as ancient compasses.

 

Dr Duane Hamacher is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and one of three researchers that examined sites across New South Wales.

 

They found most arrangements of the rocks were oriented in a mainly north-south or east-west direction.

 

Dr Hamacher told Laurie Lawira further research into the area may reveal how deeply Indigenous people studied the night skies.