What

Museum Staff-led

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday

Duration

45 minutes in the Planetarium

Year level

Years 5 to 10

Minmum student numbers

Minimum 15 students

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 150 students

Cost

$9 per student + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

European night sky stories are familiar to many people. However, the stories indigenous to the southern skies are less well known. Although different Australian Aboriginal groups have different astronomical traditions, there are some broad similarities between many traditions which are often very different to more familiar astronomy.

Explore Indigenous Australian astronomy in this 40-minute Planetarium show and the way Indigenous culture describes constellations that cannot be seen from northern latitudes. Even constellations that can be seen from Europe appear a different way in the sky in the southern hemisphere.

All Planetarium shows conclude with a staff guided ‘What’s in the sky tonight’ presentation.

Victorian Curriculum links

Science 

• Scientific knowledge and understanding of the world changes as new evidence becomes available; science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines and practice of science (VCSSU089) 

Geography 

• Influence of people, including the influence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places (VCGGK094) 

History 

• The nature of sources of evidence about ancient Australia and what they reveal about Australia’s ancient past, such as the use of resources (VCHHK107)