| Description |
1 online resource |
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Part one : Finding the old people -- Finding the old people -- Hiding the mailbags -- Part two : The fire -- The Fire -- Starting the fire -- The start of the season ; Boxwood country and gun-tree country ; Stringybark country and sand-ridge country -- Mixed-tree country -- Storm burn country -- No-fire country -- Through the tress -- Part three : The other side -- The other side -- The battle for acknowledgement -- The obstacle of man -- Science or oppression? -- Part four : Sharing the fire knowledge -- The Traditional Knowledge Recording Project -- Go ahead -- Fire and the story -- The Indigenous Fire Workshop -- For Country and spirit -- Part five : Healing country, healing people -- The 'praction' -- The animals talking -- What have they done to the country? -- Healing people with country -- Healing country -- Living Knowledge |
| Summary |
Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and improved 'reading' of country, could help to restore our land.From a young age, Victor has had a passion for traditional cultural and ecological knowledge. This was further developed after meeting two Elders, who were to become his mentors and teach him the importance of cultural burning. Developed over many generations, this knowledge shows clearly that Australia actually needs fire. Moreover, fire is an important part of a wholistic approach to the environment, and when burning is done in a carefully considered manner, this ensures proper land care and healing.Victor's story is unassuming and honest, while demonstrating the incredibly sophisticated and complex cultural knowledge that has been passed down to him, which he wants to share with others. Fire Country is written in a way that reflects the nature of yarning, and while some of the knowledge shared in this book may not align with Western views, there is much evidence that, if adopted, it could greatly benefit all Australians |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 19, 2020) |
| Subject |
Fire management -- Australia
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Wildfires -- Australia -- Prevention and control
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Fire ecology -- Australia
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Indigenous peoples -- Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia.
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Land use -- Australia.
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Wildfires -- Prevention and control
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Land use
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Fire management
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Fire ecology
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Aboriginal Australians
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Indigenous peoples
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781743586839 |
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1743586833 |
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