Date: Fri 27 November
Time: 9.00 – 5.30pm, followed by a reception in the AIATSIS foyer
Venue: Mabo Room, AIATSIS
Registration: $50 (Concession $30 *Students and pensioners only – must show photo ID).
Funds are available to support registration by those wishing to attend the Indigenous Astronomy Symposium on the 27th of November 2009, and who do not have access to other sources of funding. Priority will be given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander attendees. If you would like to apply, please complete
this form.
Spaces are limited, so please register as soon as possible.
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and with CSIRO and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), AIATSIS is pleased to host the first forum for debate and discussion focused on Australian Indigenous Astronomy. More information about the symposium can be found on the
AIATSIS webpage
In conjunction with the launch of art exhibition '
Ilgarijiri - things belonging to the sky' , a one day symposium on Indigenous Astronomy will be held at the Institute on the 27th of November 2009.
The symposium will bring together leading expertise in the field to share knowledge and perspectives about Australian Indigenous perceptions of the night sky.
Participants include:
Bill Yidumduma Harney
Ray Norris
Charmaine Green
Joe Gumbula
Munya Andrews
Dianne Johnson
Duane Hamacher
John Goldsmith
Kaye McPherson
Scott Williams
Registration
Please register as soon as possible. You may register on the day if spaces are available.
To register, download and complete the
registration form, then Email, fax or post to:
Email:
publicprograms@aiatsis.gov.au Fax: 02 6249 7714
