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Wiradjuri: Why we see shooting stars - This Place

12 August 2020
Culture and cultural heritage
A head and shoulders shot of a woman with her hair pulled back, wearing glasses and a grey shirt. In the background are trees.

Wiradjuri woman Jody Chester uses her elders’ stories to explain why the stars are clustered so closely, and why others appear all alone.

When Wiradjuri woman Jody Chester looks up at the Milky Way, she sees the stars of her ancestors. She uses her elders’ stories to explain why the stars are clustered so closely, and why others appear all alone.

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