Fire country : how indigenous fire management could save Australia

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The work Fire country : how indigenous fire management could save Australia represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Fire country : how indigenous fire management could save Australia

Title remainder

how indigenous fire management could save Australia

Statement of responsibility

Victor Steffensen

Creator

• Steffensen, Victor

Author

• Steffensen, Victor

Subject

• Fire ecology -- Australia
• Fire management -- Australia
• Land use -- Australia
• Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
• Steffensen, Victor
• Wildfires -- Australia -- Prevention and control
• Red hot reads
• Australian

Genre

• Red hot reads

Language

eng

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 Indigenous fire practices, including improved ’reading’ of country and undertaking ’cool burns’, could help to restore our nation. Victor developed a passion for traditional cultural and ecological knowledge from a young age, but it was after leaving high school that Victor met two Elders who became his mentors, particularly to revive cultural burning. Developed over many generations, this knowledge shows clearly that Australia actually needs fire – with burning done in a controlled manner – for land care and healing. Victor’s story is unassuming and honest, written in a way that reflects the nature of yarning. And while some of the knowledge shared in his book may be unclear to western world views, there is much evidence that, if adopted, it could benefit all Australians

Cataloging source

AU@

Dewey number

363.379

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

general