Wurdi Youang (Observatory)
Wurdi Youang
9000 BC
An Aboriginal stone arrangement located off the Little River – Ripley Road at Mount Rothwell, near Little River, Victoria in Australia.
A series of stones, located to the west of the arrangement's western apex, mark the positions of the setting sun at the equinoxes and solstices.
A survey study shows that these alignments are accurate to within a few degrees.
Additionally, the straight sides of the arrangement, which diverge from its eastern apex, also indicate the setting position of the sun at the solstices to within a few degrees and at the equinoxes the sun sets over the three prominent stones at the apex.
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Wurdi Youang A survey of the arrangement showing the solar alignments contained within Original publication: D.W. Hamacher and R.P. Norris (2011) Bridging the Gap through Australian Aboriginal Astronomy. In "Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy - Building Bridges Between Cultures", edited by C.L.N. Ruggles, Cambridge University Press, pp. 282-290.Immediate source: http://aboriginalastronomy.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/wurdi-youang-aboriginal-stone.html
Wurdi Youang Fifty meters wide and containing more than 100 basalt boulders, the site of Wurdi Youang in Victoria was noted by European settlers two centuries ago, and charted by archaeologists in 1977, but only now is its purpose being rediscovered.
