Plain facts: Tasmania under aboriginal management

2008/04/01 by Bill Gammage · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Engineering · #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Scale (ratio) #Environmental ethics #Range (aeronautics) #Geography #History #Environmental resource management #Ecology #Environmental science #Engineering #Cartography #Biology

paper · doi:10.1080/01426390701767278

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Abstract

Almost all researchers now accept that Australia's Aborigines were managing their country with the broad-scale use of fire when Europeans arrived. In respect to Tasmania, this article goes further, arguing that fire was not merely broad-scale, but applied variably and precisely, to make, then connect, a complex range of useful ecosystems. The article also argues that Aboriginal land management must be seen in cultural as well as ecological terms.

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• Aboriginal Tasmanians [wikipedia]

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