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Indigenous weather knowledge

Indigenous weather knowledge

TLF ID A002139

An interactive map of traditional weather and climate knowledge that has been developed and passed down through countless generations by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The site provides descriptions of the sixteen seasonal calendars used by First Nations peoples across Australia.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • Teaching and learning
Year level

F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8

Topics Weather Eclipses Seasons Orbits Tides Observations (Data) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Discovery (Observations)
Learning area
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Organization: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Description: Author
  • Contributor
  • Name: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Organization: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Description: Author
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.bom.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Organization: Bureau of Meteorology
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.bom.gov.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Unknown
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Commonwealth of Australia 2016, Bureau of Meteorology