![]() Country: Future Fire, Future Farming highlights the consequences of ignoring this deep history and living in unsustainable ways. In doing so, they avoided the killer fires that we fear today. They employed complex seasonal fire programs that protected Country and animals alike. Not solely hunters and gatherers, the First Australians also farmed and stored food. Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe demonstrate how Aboriginal people cultivated the land through manipulation of water flows, vegetation and firestick practice. For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and economic solutions. What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. ![]()
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