Koen: Further Historical Accounts of the Supreme Aboriginal Spiritual Being, and Related Cosmology Recorded by Colonists

Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: This brief paper contains historical references to Aboriginal cultural practices ‒ but does not provide secret details about those ceremonies. It references historical articles that contain terms or views that were considered appropriate for Australian Colonial period but no longer considered respectful to Aboriginal First Nations people. … More Koen: Further Historical Accounts of the Supreme Aboriginal Spiritual Being, and Related Cosmology Recorded by Colonists

Paddy Tighe’s Lost Aboriginal Names of the Fixed Stars and Planets of the Hunter Region

  Where are the papers of Henry O’Sullivan White? Does anyone know what became of the papers of Henry O’Sullivan White? He was the son of surveyor George Boyle White. We are trying to track down a record that Henry made of local Aboriginal star names and dreaming stories. White’s lost work records the Aboriginal … More Paddy Tighe’s Lost Aboriginal Names of the Fixed Stars and Planets of the Hunter Region