The Fire Stick, utilised by Indigenous Australians has been an essential tool in the practice of traditional land management across Australia since their arrival 50,000+ thousand years ago. Fire Stick Farming (as it is now known) shaped the Australian landscape in ways that benefited both land and Aboriginal people. A practice that increases biodiversity of plant species, offered an abundance of food, both for Aboriginal people and wildlife such as the Kangaroo and Emu, and, in turn, increased populations of these species, which were also a desired food source. Additionally, the practice of burning both small and large areas of land ensured the prevention of larger uncontrollable fires which can devastate landscapes, as evidenced by the common …show more content…
However, utilising this tool effectively, may only occur through extensive knowledge of the local conditions, specific to certain geographic areas such as time of year, time of day and weather conditions. If this knowledge is disregarded or unattained, the use of fire burning is ineffective and potentially harmful to the environment. Aboriginal burning practices of 1788 demonstrated their vast knowledge of local conditions, with plants and animals species thriving during this time. Fire Stick burning practices ensured an abundance of resources throughout the year, providing a surplus of hunting game, such as Kangaroos and Emu, as well as a diverse and nutrient-filled range of edible plant …show more content…
Without regular burning, the landscapes that had been shaped by Aboriginal people over thousands of years, began to change. Denser forest and bush as well as build up of undergrowth majorly impacted on Aboriginal peoples lives and ways of living, across Australia.
With the introduction of matches and flints, the use of fire sticks in burning practices today is rare with the exception of some Aboriginal people maintaining the practice to uphold traditions that may otherwise be lost. Burning practices are now widely used around Australia to reduce fuel build up and prevent large uncontrollable bushfires, however, acknowledgement of the influence that Aboriginal people had on this technique has largely been ignored. While, fire practices are very much incorporated in land management, observations from Aborigines today suggest the use of fire in some areas is inappropriate or not suitable for the local conditions of the areas
This quote from the biblical passage: “Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power…” clearly indicates that if living in hell, you will see everlasting destruction. To put this in the context of the Australian bush, the concept of “everlasting destruction” relates, since the fire can destroy natural environment such as trees, land, etc. As a potential result of this destruction, people would need to evade the area, to prevent them from being vulnerable to this destruction. In summarising this example, we can see that through the causes of natural and human things, fires can arise, causing this destruction. The idea of bush fires and this destruction actually relate, considering the destruction is caused from the fire being happening in the first place.
Audience Whilst so different, we are both very much the same- ‘Tribe Wars: Queensland’s forgotten stories of colonial inquest’ is a proposed non-fiction text that shares the conflicting perspectives held by both the Indigenous Joondoburri people who first inhabited the North Coast of Queensland, and the dreams held by many ‘White’ European settlers who, like the original ‘boat people,’ longed for a place to start life afresh. Purpose and need As outlined within the Queensland Teaching Syllabus (QCAA), teachers are required to provide students with opportunities so that they may develop a broad knowledge of primary and secondary source material as well as the ability to critically reflect on subject matter from a multitude of quality texts (QCAA, 2015). “The syllabus also provides opportunities for students to consider and investigate current and future issues, ideas, problems and trends,” (QCAA, 2015). Through the study of this proposed publication, readers will have provided to them a vast knowledge base so that they may gain multiple perceptions relating to change and continuity, contrasting environments, and social systems and structures.
Fire is something that is used on a daily basis, but is it used to burn? In the beginning of Fahrenheit “fire burned the evening sky red and yellow and black” (Bradbury 3). In this scene fire had “destroyed” innocent books that had caused no harm to anyone. It also makes people arrogant such as Montag “he would feel the fiery smile still gripped
Aboriginal people continue to be victimized and incarcerated at much higher rates than non-Aboriginal people. The overrepresentation of Canadian Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system is a question that has not yet been answered. This research paper will focus on the risk factors experienced by many Aboriginal people, residential school experiences, and institutional racism, and their roles in the overrepresentation of Canadian Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system. The Canadian government system has tried to deal with this issue, but looking at the high rates of overrepresentation, there approach has not been successful.
The text is about the extinction of diprotodon and hypothetical reasons caused it. The text provide three hypothesis of the diprotodon 's extinction, but the lecture refutes them. The first theory suggests that the diprotodon extinct because of a human 's fire disturb the natural environment of this animal.
It is necessarily done in cool weather with slightly damp fuels that result in incomplete combustion which results in more toxic smoke. Continued burning could alter soil structures and the controlled burns
There is a debate about using prescribed fires. Prescribed fires are fires that help reduce the catastrophic damage that wildfire creates. prescribed fires work most of the time, but they can be faulty at some points. That's why some people don't agree with using prescribed fires. Even though they sometimes don't work, they can be really helpful when they do work.
And that friends, is the chemistry of fire and it is responsible for over 100,000 uncontrolled wildfires in the United States, that together, consume up to 3 million hectares of forest and brush each year. That's an area the size of Maryland! However, that's not such a bad thing. Fire serves a lot of vital ecological purposes and many ecosystems have adapted to make the most of it. The problem is that fires job is to destroy, and when that comes to human territory (which is pretty much everywhere) we have a problem.
The arrival of Europeans in 1788 led to the widespread dispossession of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. They wrenched the indigenous population from their lands and sacred sites severing their cultural connections and depriving them of their livelihoods. They no longer had a way to hunt & gather food or make bush medicine. Almost overnight their whole lifestyle and reason for being became defunct. This has a continuing effect on indigenous people today as many battle feelings of hopelessness and struggle to find a balance with their traditional lifestyle and culture as well as exist in a white dominated, highly urbanised
In his article “Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians,” Lauriston Sharp discusses the traditional Yir Yoront culture of Australia in the mid 1930s and the importance and function of the stone axe in the in terms of technology, conduct, and belief in the culture. Sharp evaluates that the colonization of various Europeans had resulted into the introduction of new technologies that they had brought along with them. The article mainly focuses on the steel axes that were introduced which outweighed the stone axes previously used by these people and has thus drastically affected the Yir Yoront culture. Ultimately, the author concludes that the traditional culture of this aboriginal tribe had collapsed and a new culture incorporated with European values
The son and father use their fires to heat their cold bodies, while the mother used her fire to kill her baby. Another example of destruction by fire are the spontaneous fires that occur through the land. The man witnessed a “forest fire was making its way… flaring and shimmering against the overcast like the northern lights” (pg 31). Forests, typically lush and ripe with life, were rendered dead by the quick spreading fire. The destruction that the spreading fires caused is seen all throughout the environment.
Camping uses physics when you make a campfire, especially if your
“The White Man’s Burden” was first introduced in 1899. It explains that it is the responsibility of “white man” to take care of other countries who are, basically “non white”. Although the idea was introduced after the colonization of Pacific islands, somehow it sums up why the “White man” were there, trying to “take care” of the native people. Even though the most popular inspiration for the Europeans to set sail to the Pacific was to “explore”. The less popular, but also well known reason is to spread the word of god, and that sounds more like good Christian’s “duty”.
Bojocco et al(2010) Reported that fire has a major role in the determination of diversity and vegetation dynamics. It has influence on landscape structural diversity (Weatherspoon and Skinner 1995). The frequent occurrence of forest fires has been one of the vital reasons for the exhaustion and extinction of most of the biodiversity. This results in partial or complete degradation of vegetation cover or fragmentation of the forest thus modifying the radiation balance by growing the surface albedo, water runoff and raising the soil erosion (Darmawan and Mulyanto, 2001). Historical study of forest fire is significant for ecological and forest management applications(Iniguez et al. 2008).