Given a latitude of about 27^o S we can - with the help of Lockyer - ascertain in which direction 'mother' points (i.e. presumably towards solstice):

She probably does not (I follow the logic of Lockyer) point up in the sky but towards a point on the horizon. Points on the horizon are defined by amplitude:

"The amplitude of a body on the horizon is its distance north and south of the east and west points; it is always measured to the nearest of these two latter points, so that its greatest value can never exceed 90^o. For instance, the south point itself would have an amplitude of 90^o south of west (generally written W. 90^o S.), or 90^o south of east (E. 90^o S.), while a point 2^o to the westward of south would have an amplitude of W. 88^o S., and not E. 92^o S." 

Lockyer then delivers a diagram where the declination (height of a celestial body above the celestial equator) is converted to amplitude (depending on latitude of the observer).