Delving Deep Into The Australian Landscape And Its Alarming State Of Devastation, Fire Country Is A Powerful Account From Indigenous Land Management Expert Victor Steffensen On How The Revival Of Indigenous Fire Practices, Including What’s Called ‘cool Burns’, Could Restore Our Country. Fire Country Offers Practical Solutions For Better ‘reading Country’ And Knowing When Is The Right Time To Undertake Cool Burns, Considering Current Climate Conditions And Each Landscape’s Specific Ecosystem. From The Age Of 18, Victor Has Spent Time On Country Learning Traditional Cultural And Ecological Knowledge From Elders. Having Been Developed Over Many Generations Of His People Living On The Land, This Knowledge Shows Clearly That Australia Actually Needs Fire – With Burning Done In A Controlled Manner – For Land Care And Healing. Victor’s Writing Is Unassuming And Honest, Written In A Manner That Reflects The Nature Of Yarning. And While Much Of The Knowledge Shared In His Book Is Still Unknown To Western Science, There Is Much Evidence That, If Adopted, It Will Benefit All Australians.
First Knowledges Plants: Past Present and Future
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For millennia, reciprocal relationships with plants have provided both sustenance to Indigenous communities and many of the materials needed to produce a complex array of technologies. Managed through fire and selective harvesting and replanting, the longevity and intricacy of these partnerships are testament to the ingenuity and depth of Indigenous first knowledges.
First Knowledges: Ceremony All Our Yesterdays for Today
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Ceremony is at the heart of First Nations cultures a living connection between past and present, place and people. Ceremony: All Yesterdays for Today explores the deep cultural significance of Indigenous Australian ceremonies, from personal rites to large community gatherings. Drawing on their own stories and experiences, the authors share practices from Quandamooka Country to the Tanami Desert, while honouring the sacredness of ceremonies not meant to be shared. This powerful book affirms ceremony as a thread that ties generations together and celebrates the enduring strength of First Nations identity and tradition.
First Nations Food Companion By Coulthard Damien
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We know more about pine nuts than bunya nuts, kale than warrigal greens, but there’s an edible pantry of unique flavours that First Nations people have been making the most of long before anyone came up with the word ‘foodie’. Welcome to a food-lover’s guidebook to the First Foods of this continent. Including an informative guide to more than 60 of the most accessible Indigenous ingredients, including their flavour profiles, along with tips for how to buy, grow and store them.
