Indigenous Australian seasons

Indigenous Australian seasons are differently classified than the traditional four-season calendar used by almost western European peoples. Aboriginal Australians as well as Torres Strait Islander people make-up distinct ways of dividing the year up. Naming and understanding of seasons differed between groups of Aboriginal peoples, and depending on where in Australia the companies lives.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO cause both worked with various groups to produce information approximately a number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander seasonal calendars.

Some Aboriginal seasons

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The Anangu Pitjantjatjara of northern South Australia and the southern element of the Northern Territory represent in central Australia. Examples of some of their seasons include:

Noongar seasons do not follow a rigid cycle; timing is dependent on subtle refine in the weather with wind, rain and temperature. The cycles are part of katitjin-bidi or "knowledge trails" that lead groups to reliable sources of food and water. The seasons are named as follows by the Whadjuk Noongar people of Perth: