“Skills like that, they have but we don’t know,” Gammage said. Aboriginal techniques are based in part on fire prevention: ridding the land of fuel, like debris, scrub, undergrowth and ...

Gott says there is often a focus on Aboriginal people's use of fire for hunting game. But, she says, fire also changed the ecology of the landscape in a way that was crucial for maintaining plant ...

They’ve revived the ancient practice of planned burning to renew and preserve their homelands, and help support their communities. Conrad Maralngurra starts a low-intensity blaze to protect his ...

Long before European colonizers settled in Australia, Aboriginal groups have been setting their own lands ablaze as a fire management technique. They use carefully controlled low flames and the ...

Photo shows Man wears sunglasses and casual clothes in grassy scrub ... NSWALC's membership of the State Bush Fire Coordinating Committee will ensure that Local Aboriginal Land Councils and ...

Yet beneath this tranquil scene lies a story as old as time itself—one of fire, balance, and the wisdom of Indigenous peoples. For thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have used fire not ...

The controversial fire in Melbourne's Kings Domain was extinguished early today after a 60-day stand-off between Aboriginal protesters and state and local government authorities. With a cry to ...

The State Government is under attack over a $1.75 million plan to build an Aboriginal corrections centre in a fire-prone area in central Victoria. The Government plans to build the centre on a 45 ...