Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia (Unabridged)
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4.7 • 6 Ratings
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
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.
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.
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.
CONTENT WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this audiobook may contain names of deceased persons.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
For thousands of years, First Nations people practised a form of land management that was deeply attuned to the country itself—including an intuitive system of controlled burning that also holds strong cultural significance. Such knowledge has been under systematic threat since colonisation began, but author Victor Steffensen argues urgently for its widespread re-implementation. The Tagalaka author has spent several decades reviving traditional Indigenous knowledge, co-founding the Firesticks Alliance and mentoring others about vital practices. Narrating the audiobook himself, Steffensen shares his personal story in Fire Country, while highlighting the restorative power of controlled burning as global warming and outsized bushfires bear down on present-day Australia.
