Barnumbirr
Barnumbirr, also known as Morning Star, is a creator-spirit in the Yolngu culture of Arnhem Land in Australia, who is identified as the planet Venus. She guided the first humans, the Djanggawul sisters, to Australia. The rising of Barnumbirr in the sky before sunrise marks an important ceremony of the Yolngu. As she approaches, in the early hours before dawn, the Yolngu say that she draws behind her a rope of light attached to the island of Baralku on Earth, and along this rope, with the aid of a richly decorated "Morning Star Pole", the people are able to communicate with their ancestors.

After crossing the coastline near Yirrkala, Barnumbirr flew across the land from East to West, creating a songline which named and created the animals, plants, and natural features of the land.

This story depicts the first death in the Dreamtime. It is the beginning of Maḏayin, which is the overarching system of Yolngu law and representation of the cycle of life and death.

A forthcoming film about renowned elder and master maker and player of the yidaki, Djalu Gurruwiwi, is entitled Morning Star.

Further reading
Australian Aboriginal astronomy