Editing Cardinal direction (section)

===Indigenous Australia===
Some [[indigenous Australians]] have cardinal directions deeply embedded in their culture. For example, the [[Warlpiri people]] have a cultural philosophy deeply connected to the four cardinal directions<ref>''Ngurra-kurlu: A way of working with Warlpiri people'' Pawu-Kurlpurlurnu WJ, Holmes M and Box L. 2008, Desert Knowledge CRC Report 41, Alice Springs</ref> and the [[Guugu Yimithirr people]] use cardinal directions rather than [[relative direction]] even when indicating the position of an object close to their body. (For more information, see: [[Body relative direction#Cultures without relative directions|Cultures without relative directions]].)

The precise direction of the cardinal points appears to be important in [[Aboriginal stone arrangement]]s.

Many aboriginal languages contain words for the usual four cardinal directions, but some contain words for 5 or even 6 cardinal directions.<ref>Orientations of linear stone arrangements in New South Wales [http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris/papers/n278.pdf Hamacher et al., 2013, Australian Archaeology, 75, 46–54] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617045058/http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris/papers/n278.pdf |date=17 June 2013 }}</ref>