Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this library names people who have passed away.
Boorong / Wergaia
Berm-berm-gle
Berm-berm-gle is the red-kneed dotterel at Alpha and Beta Centauri, the pointers beside Crux.
Stanbridge’s list pairs Aboriginal names with European stars. Morieson’s later reconstruction for Stellarium tries to draw how Boorong people may have seen the figure.
The pointers are not a navigation joke here. They sit in the neck of Tchingal as well as standing as their own bird. Multiple readings can share a sky without being merged into one icon.
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 for the Stellarium reconstruction we cite. Mercury still draws its own two-star mark.
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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