Music Yamma, my name is Carly. And I'm Pete. And we are here today at the Warren Bungle National Park. We are two Gimleric custodians with a huge passion for the sky and for storytelling. And we are coming to you from a place that has been used for stargazing for tens of thousands of years. And even today many astronomers are still coming here in order to use the sighting spring observatory on top of the ranges to do the same thing to view the sky. Yeah and if we have a look behind us we can actually see the mountain tops that make up the Warren Bungle National Park. And that was from millions of years ago there was a lot of volcanic activity in the area. And over thousands of years that volcanic activity gave rise to the Warren Bungle Mountains. And one interesting feature in particular is the old man just behind us and we can see that he's constantly looking up at the sky and stargazing as he has done now for thousands of years. Yeah it makes me think of a story of the the mea mea, the paladies or the seven sisters. One Gimleric story talks about the clever man who's chasing the sisters. And as he's chasing them down he's actually creating these huge beaches in the landscape, including some of the pillars that we see around us. Now before we get too far ahead of ourselves we do need to remember that we are here at Siting Spring Observatory on Gimleric Country and as custodians it's important that we welcome visitors to the lands to provide them with safe passage. And so we'll just quickly like to do that firstly in language and then in English after that. Guying the Aning Gooli down the Gimleric Darwar Islander. Gu Bia Ngaya Ngangu. So we're standing here on the lands of the Gimleric peoples and I would like to welcome you to these lands. Now welcome to country is a two-way street though and as visitors are on those lands of the traditional custodians it's important that they then acknowledge that country, acknowledge those elders and acknowledge the people of those lands as well as the land itself for providing for them as they make their visits. So here we are at Mount Stromul Observatory here in the ANU campus in Canberra and I would like to now acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we are firstly in Gimleric which is our language and then in English after that. Guying the Aning Gooli down the Nuna Walla in Gimleric Darwar Islander. We are among our Winnonga Lina, Gu Gunga Winnonga Lina, Maringang Yule Winnonga Lina. We're standing here on the lands of the Nuna Walla Nambri peoples. I acknowledge their elders, I acknowledge their ancestors and I acknowledge the people of this land. Now during this course we hope to give you some insight into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their culture. We're also going to touch on their collective histories. We're going to look at how Indigenous peoples of this continent were able to use sky observations for practical purposes down here on the land. We're also going to be looking at the night sky and the different ways you're able to look at it, whether you're a backyard astronomer or whether you're a professional astronomer. We're also going to touch on the importance of dark skies and the challenges people like us today have in trying to preserve those dark skies. Now during this course and as we talk about these topics we by no means intend to come across as experts in these fields. These are very diverse and different types of fields we're talking about. So with that we really aim to give you our perspective as true, gammillary astronomers.