Challenging the concept of Aboriginal mosaic fire practices in the Lake Eyre Basin, with particular focus on Cooper Creek country and the adjoining Simpson Desert, 1845-2015
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Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
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In the many discussions over the last forty years about the significance of Australia-wide Aboriginal
fire practices, one concept that has become common is the importance of ‘mosaic burning’ for the
management of country (e.g. Gammage 2011), that is, the deliberate creation of a mosaic of patches
representing different fire histories. Aboriginal people undertook mosaic burning, it is said, for a
variety of reasons, based on traditional . . . . .
Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Conference Name
18th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 12-16 April 2015
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Keywords
Australia
Channel Country
fire management
mosaic burning
settlement
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