Indigenous Australian Seasons
Indigenous Australians have distinct ways of dividing the year up. Naming and understanding of seasons differed between groups, and depending on where in Australia the group lives. Below are a few examples of different groups and their seasons.
Read more about Indigenous Australian Seasons: North Coast — Yolngu Seasons, Central — Anangu Pitjantjajara Seasons, South-west Coast — Noongar (Whadjuk) Seasons
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