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Fire country : how Indigenous fire management could help save Australia / Victor Steffensen.

Fire country : how Indigenous fire management could help save Australia / Victor Steffensen.
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TF1288843 363.7 STE
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Record Number 20141
ISBN 9781741177268
174117726X
Location 363.7 STE
Author Steffensen, Victor, (author).
Title Fire country : how Indigenous fire management could help save Australia / Victor Steffensen.
Published Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant Travel, 2020.
©2020.
Collation ix, 221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 24 cm.
Content types text
still image
Carrier type volume
Contents Note Finding the old people -- The fire -- The other side -- Sharing the fire knowledge -- Healing country, healing people.
Summary Note 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.
Target Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate.
General.
Terms of use Culturally sensitive
Personal Name Steffensen, Victor
Musgrave, George,1920-2006
George, Tommy,1928-2016
Musgrave, George,1920-2006
George, Tommy,1928-2016
Steffensen, Victor
Subject Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
Society & Social Sciences
Environment - Biodiversity - Plants
Indigenous knowledge - Ecology
Environment - Land management - Fire
Kuku Thaypan people Y84
Environment - Climate and weather - Bush fires
Wildfires -- Prevention and control -- Australia
Wildfires -- Prevention and control
Fire ecology
Fire management
Land use
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
Wildfires -- Prevention and control -- Australia
Fire management-- Australia
Fire ecology-- Australia
Land use-- Australia
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