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Torres Strait Islands Weather Seasons Wheel (Interactive)

The Torres Strait Islands Weather Seasons Wheel interactive includes animated images, and traditional and landscape setting sounds. It explains how Torres Strait Islander people tell the weather by looking at changes in nature, such as the migration and nesting patterns of birds, wind patterns and the movement of constellations.

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Torres Strait Islander Culture, Interactives

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