Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this library names people who have passed away.
Torres Strait (Tagai)
Baidam
Baidam is the shark in the Big Dipper, a northern figure used with Tagai for season and navigation.
From Torres Strait the Dipper sits in the north. It is not a Greek bear and not a Gamilaraay object.
Hamacher’s Tagai papers treat Islander astronomy as living practice: winds, monsoon, gardens, reefs.
The /sky marker is a shark-shaped asterism only in this pack.
Mercury 91 is not affiliated with any Aboriginal Land Council, Torres Strait Islander organisation, museum, or Stellarium. This library cites published ethnoastronomy. It is not a partnership and not a single pan-Aboriginal sky.
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