Meteor May Prove Aboriginal Legend
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Meteor May Prove Aboriginal Legend
A legend recounted by Aborigines speaks of a
devastating "white wave" falling out of the sky...
In 1975, Aboriginal elders gathered in Canberra, with 350 of their people,
and warned of disasters to come, followed by a time when humankind would
go back to its beginnings -- with all cultures existing as one.
At the gathering a strong message against the mining industry was formed,
based on their belief that underground minerals are a vital part of the planet's
energy grid and that mining is disturbing this grid. Aborigines believe that
each tribe has a responsibility to take care of its own part of the world.
One disaster recounted in Aboriginal legends, speaks of a "white wave"
falling out of the sky and devastating their culture. Until now, historians
had linked the legend with the arrival of white settlers but according to
Professor Ted Bryant, geologist at the University of Wollongong in New South
Wales, a vast tsunami would give the impression of a white wave falling out
of the sky. And Bryant has found strong evidence that a tsunami struck the
coast of New South Wales in the late 18th Century -- and a meteor is seen
as the most likely culprit.
Professor Bryant analyzed sediment and boulders along the coast, and says
they are consistent with a tsunami hundreds of feet high, striking at a speed
greater than 200 miles per hour. There is additional evidence for tsunamis
hitting Lord Howe Island in the mid-Tasman Sea, along the north Queensland
coast, and along the northwest coast of Western Australia. At the latter
location, there is good evidence that a recent wave swept more than 20 miles
inland, topping 200-foot hills more than a mile from the coast." Meteor-impact
experts link the Australian tsunamis to the Taurid meteor shower, impacts
from which go through peaks and troughs over the centuries. Dating of the
tsunamis is broadly consistent with this cycle.
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