by NRB | 15 Mar 2022 | Non-fiction |
The traditions of First Nations people around the globe reveal an intimate knowledge of the sky. We are part of the environment: the Sun, stars, rain, trees … even the noise of a bird and the wind that rustles through the trees. We are part of that.— Uncle Alo Tapim,...
by NRB | 23 Feb 2021 | Non-fiction |
Stuart Clark ranges across myths, archaeology and astronomy to chart the history of our obsession with the stars. On a mountain in ‘Australia’s Warrumbungles range’, English astronomer Stuart Clark stood under the clear night sky and experienced the sublime: There was...
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