Songlines to soar for science and country

A unique collaboration between Geoscience Australia and a Ngambri-Wiradjuri firefighter is launching two Aboriginal totems into the sky.

Twenty-six-year-old artist Reuben House has created two artworks for Geoscience Australia, depicting an Eagle (Mallian) and Crow (Yukumbruuk) — two significant totems for the Ngambri people. The birds are shown soaring over the mountains and waterways of the ACT.

The Geoscience Australia drones have been gifted the names of the birds and Reuben’s artwork has been applied to their bodies and arms. The drones fly all over the country for Geoscience Australia’s Digital Earth Australia program, helping to validate satellite imagery used to provide insights for the management of land, water, floods, and bushfires.

Geoscience Australia is grateful to all members of the House family and Ngambri community who have contributed to this project for NAIDOC Week 2021. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters, and community. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their cultures and to Elders past, present and emerging.

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