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Emu in the night sky constellation

Still shot taken from a stylised animation of the Emu in the sky. 

The Emu in the night sky constellation – created by the dark clouds of the Milky Way and spaces between stars – has been observed by First Nations peoples for thousands of years. The position of the emu signals the right time of the year to collect emu eggs.

More on First Nations knowledge and astronomy

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The Sequence Group

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