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	The Kamilaroi (also known as Gomeroi) and Euahlayi peoples are Australian Aboriginal cultural groups located in the northern part of New South Wales. They have survived European invasion and loss of much of their country. Their culture and connection to country remains strong, including an extensive cultural astronomy first recorded in the 1860s.		The Kamilaroi (also known as Gomeroi) and Euahlayi peoples are Australian Aboriginal cultural groups located in the northern part of New South Wales. They have survived European invasion and loss of much of their country. Their culture and connection to country remains strong, including an extensive cultural astronomy first recorded in the 1860s.<ref>Fuller, Robert S. and Anderson, Ghillar Michael (online). Kamilaroi sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 676-679.</ref>

	<ref>Fuller, Robert S. and Anderson, Ghillar Michael (online). Kamilaroi sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 676-679.</ref>

	== Solar System Names ==		== Solar System Names ==

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The Kamilaroi (also known as Gomeroi) and Euahlayi peoples are Australian Aboriginal cultural groups located in the northern part of New South Wales. They have survived European invasion and loss of much of their country. Their culture and connection to country remains strong, including an extensive cultural astronomy first recorded in the 1860s.

<ref>Fuller, Robert S. and Anderson, Ghillar Michael (online). Kamilaroi sky culture in Stellarium, <nowiki>https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium</nowiki> , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 676-679.</ref>

== Solar System Names ==
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== <small>Here is an overview on Kamilaroi and Euahlayi asterism names</small> ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Kamilaroi and Euahlayi !! Etymological Meaning, when possible !! Commentary
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|[[Bandaarr]]
|Kangaroo
|under the belly of the Emu in the Milky Way
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|[[Birray|Birray Birray]]
|Uninitiated boys
|belt of Orion
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|Birringolo
|second wife of Byaame
|Alpha Muscae
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|Gawaargay
|Emu
|head in the Coal Sack, and its neck and body stretching out through the dust lanes of the Milky Way (Warrambul) past Scorpius
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|Miyay Miyay
|seven young women (sisters)
|Pleiades
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|Muraay Muyaay
|Sulfur-crested cockatoo
|Alpha Centauri and Hadar/Beta Centauri
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|Old Dthillar
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|Aldebaran
The inverted "V" shape made up by Alpha, Epsilon, and Gamma Tauri is Old Dthillar's gunya (hut).
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|Old Wiringin
|Clever Man
|Small Magellanic Cloud
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|Wadhaagudjaaylwan
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|Large Magellanic Cloud
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|Wamba Wamba
|Madness
|Canopus
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|Warrawilbaarru
|whirlwind spirit
|Scorpius
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|[[Yarran]]
|Roots of Yarran tree
|centred on the Coal Sack
|}
== References ==

* [[References]] (general)

[[Category:Oceania]] [[Category:Australia and New Zealand]] [[Category:Kamilaroi/ Euahlayi]]
[[Category:Overviews]]
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YoulaAzkarrula at 04:57, 1 June 2026