Movements of Aboriginal populations using combined genetic and archaeological data
Movements of Aboriginal populations using combined genetic and archaeological data
‘This is a great podcast about how the Aboriginal people passed on the memory of the sea levels rising at the end of the last ice age.
Edit for my future reference: Given the importance of living by the ocean for access to food etc. I wonder how much of Aboriginal culture has been lost a few kms off the coast’–Sys32768
Australian Republic Referendum, 1999 (percentage of people who voted in favour of a republic)
Australian Republic Referendum, 1999 (percentage of people who voted in favour of a republic)
‘Queensland lives up to its name’–AllNewTypeFace
Alice Springs tourist map on a billboard outside the Oasis Motel in The Alice, 1961 - taken by Michael Terry
Alice Springs tourist map on a billboard outside the Oasis Motel in The Alice, 1961 - taken by Michael Terry
‘you can walk to redbank gorge (western end of map) from alice springs now on the larapinta trail. i did the reverse a few years ago, 230km over 13 days, excellent walk’–yuckyucky
1933 map of the Cotter Recreation Reserve, Canberra
1933 map of the Cotter Recreation Reserve, Canberra
‘please can we use this coat of arms’–Luke-Plunkett
Birds eye view of the Melbourne CBD (1934)
Birds eye view of the Melbourne CBD (1934)
‘Wow. Didn’t realise that Melbourne Yard used to be that large, or that “GPO” (Bourke x Elizabeth ) was not always the GPO’–k0g3pan
Major Resource Projects of Western Australia, 2019
Victoria mean wind speed
Distribution of Boomerangs in pre-colonial times in Australia
Distribution of Boomerangs in pre-colonial times in Australia
‘I still have no idea how boomerangs work. Must be magnets or some shit … Same way an aeroplane wing works. One side’s curved, one side’s flat. The curve creates a lower pressure which pulls the wing in the direction the curve is facing’
1946 map of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Aboriginal Languages of Australia [the Tindale Map] - published in 1974 by Norman B Tindale, it took 50 years to complete, and obliterated the idea that Australia was Terra Nullius (‘No Mans Land’)
Aboriginal Languages of Australia [the Tindale Map] - published in 1974 by Norman B Tindale, it took 50 years to complete, and obliterated the idea that Australia was Terra Nullius (‘No Mans Land’)
‘Imagine the knowledge this country has lost due to lack of respect for Aboriginal people. You don’t survive 40-65,000 years in a country like this without a few good ideas.
Also consider how they got here well before other cultures started navigating around the seas. They either had to set off with a large number of people and “hope” to find something or someone found something, went back, got more people and then returned’–adventofcodeaddict
Map showing the distribution of the Aboriginal tribes of Australia - by Norman B. Tindale (1940)
Map showing the distribution of the Aboriginal tribes of Australia - by Norman B. Tindale (1940)
‘Strange that only 200 years ago you could just walk in and take over a country the size of USA’–Aussie_Crawl
New South Wales and Van Diemans Land, 1837
New South Wales and Van Diemans Land, 1837
‘Make NSW Great Again’–ockheadRumple
Trend in total rainfall for Australia, 1970-2019
Trend in total rainfall for Australia, 1970-2019
‘But why does it look as if this has been drawn in 1970? … Retro style’
Stanford's library map of Australasia [1904] - south west sheet
Australian Bureau of Meteorology climate classification, a modification of Köppen's classification
Australian Bureau of Meteorology climate classification, a modification of Köppen’s classification
‘What’s the temperate dot in central Queensland? Mount Isa? … No, Mount Isa is quite far from that dot, more northwest near the NT border. It looks like Mount Moffatt from what I can see’
Australia tourism and resources - designed by Max Robinson, 1959
1945 map of the Northern Territory showing pastoral leases and Aboriginal reserves
1945 map of the Northern Territory showing pastoral leases and Aboriginal reserves
1950s Land Settlement [Cadastral] map of Queensland
1872 map of Australia
Australia 1911
Liverpool region, New South Wales, 1955
Liverpool region, New South Wales, 1955
‘I can literally see the dot that represents the house my father grew up in. He wouldve been 11 at the time this map was made’–Ruperts-Bollocks
Australia Gridded Population
Australia Gridded Population
‘This is a really cool projection! I love how it shows off smaller places like Toowoomba Townsville and Cairns (and all the ones in SA and VIC that I don’t know 😣) and completely smooshes Canberra’–Phoenixness
Water catchments of Australia
Water catchments of Australia
‘This is incredible. I love the way there are so many large catchment areas in the east of the continent however once you get in to the west it is all broken up into tiny sections … Tiny?! Some of those catchment areas are still the size of Belgium … Thank you kind sir for using my country as a measuring reference … For some reason, unknown to me, us Aussies use Belgium a lot when referring to the size of portions of Australia. I don’t get it, but that just happens … Belgium is probably the most well known, culturally significant country that’s extremely small.
It’s a good benchmark. Everyone knows about Singapore but everyone also knows that it’s basically just a city. Not everyone knows about Luxembourg and Lichtenstein.
But Belgium was a coloniser, and went to war with other European countries. It’s a big deal, so it feels meaningful to say “we’re so massive you could fit Belgium into one of our cattle stations”.’
Water catchments of New South Wales
Water catchments of New South Wales
‘Holy shit the Murray river has some reach … And the Darling River!’