'Aborigines using fire to hunt kangaroos', Joseph Lycett, c1820
Fire Stick FarmingMuch of the debate about fire in our landscapes and the almost universal and often self-serving adoption of the gospel of "we need to burn the country and burn it often, because the aborigines did" has been influenced by European writers beginning with Edward Micklethwaite Curr's 1883 reminiscences and including Tim Flannery's The Future Eaters (1994) These assumptions, as applied to South-eastern Australia, have been shown since the Flannery book to be deeply flawed, by Benson and Redpath (1997) and more recently by Ron Hateley in "The Victorian Bush, it's original and natural condition" (2010) Go to this site to read a short excerpt from an examination of historical references of pre-European fire practices by Ron Hateley, long time lecturer at the School of Forestry in Creswick, Victoria |
Go to...
The 10/50 ruleRye area fire dangerFire prevention planSPIFFA's fire page |
or click on the page below to read the whole chapter
| Fire Stick Farming chapter by Ron Hateley.pdf |
Go to the Nepean Peninsula fire and vegetation information page
Go to the Mornington Peninsula Fire Management and Safety page
Read about the 10/30 vegetation clearance rule
Go to the Mornington Peninsula Fire Management and Safety page
Read about the 10/30 vegetation clearance rule
