Global InformationGhillar Michael Anderson information
Ghillar Michael Anderson (born 1951), or Michael Ghillar Anderson, is a Euahlayi Elder and activist from Goodooga, New South Wales, in Australia.[1][2][3]
In 1972 he was one of the four men who set up the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, as a protest in the struggle for the recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia,[4][5] eventually becoming its High Commissioner.[6]
As a participant in the Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project, Anderson has collaborated[2] with academic astronomers Robert Fuller and Duane Hamacher[7] in sharing and documenting traditional star knowledge.[2] He has been pivotal in researching the Emu in the sky astronomical interpretation, that recognises the space between the stars in the Milky Way as containing ancestral figures,[3][8] the inspiration for the title of Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu.[9]
Anderson was featured in a documentary film about Aboriginal Australian astronomy, which was widely shown, including in schools.[2]
Anderson has sat on a UN Committee in Geneva addressing the repatriation of cultural material.[10]
In 2013, Anderson with other leaders, proclaimed a republic in Dirranbandi, Queensland. He was elected his nation's head of state and informed Queen Elizabeth II.[11]
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- ^ a b Fuller, Robert S.; Anderson, Michael G.; Norris, Ray P.; Trudgett, Michelle (2014). "The emu sky knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi peoples". Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 17 (2): 171–179. arXiv:1403.0304. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2014.02.04. S2CID 53352158.
- ^ Dow, Coral (4 April 2000). "Aboriginal Tent Embassy: Icon or Eyesore?". Parliament of Australia. Canberra: Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "The Aboriginal Tent Embassy 20 years on". Canberra Times. 27 July 1992. p. 30. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Aboriginal Embassy". Tribune (Sydney, NSW : 1939 - 1991). 2 May 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Duane Hamacher, Associate Professor of Cultural Astronomy University of Melbourne. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Star Knowledge of First Australians". Cosmos Magazine. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Pascoe, Bruce (2014), Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?, Magabala Books, ISBN 978-1-922142-43-6
- ^ Fairley, Gina (9 June 2021). "Is custodianship outdated thinking for museums and galleries?". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Debra, Jopson. "Boomerang republic: One man's struggle to restart his country". SBS. Retrieved 7 July 2021.