Cultural Conversations: Fire In The Landscape

CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS: Fire In The Landscape
Join Duduroa Elders Uncle Allan Murray & Uncle Phil Murray together with Luritja/Aranda Elder Uncle Vince Forrester, Bill Gammage, author of the Greatest Estate on Earth and landholder Bridget Doyle for a fire forum Q & A.

Come along and learn firsthand about traditional fire practices & their importance in the landscape for the healing of Culture and Country as well as contemporary land management in a changing climate. Be a part of the knowledge sharing. 

WHEN

Friday 20th June, 1pm -3pm.

Please arrive by 12:45pm for registration and seating.

WHERE

Yackandandah Public Hall, High Street, Yackandandah

• Afternoon tea will be provided
• Physical Fitness level required: EASY(Sitting for a period of 1.5 hours required)

WHAT TO BRING

• Curiosity, respectful conversation and questions
• Water bottle
• If you are unwell on the day please remain at home in consideration of the health of others

While we are able to cater for vegetarian options at our events it is difficult to cater for every dietary requirement due to our limited funding. If you have dietary requirements outside of this option please bring your own food and drink. 

For further information or queries contact Chontelle (KCLG Project Officer)

•  chontelle@kclg.org.au   ~  0491 624 943

RESOURCES

Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation

Uncle Allan Murray & Uncle Philip Murray- First Nations fire knowledge holders and practitioners, delivering fire on Country for the past 15 years

Bill Gammage

For over a decade, award winning author and historian Bill Gammage has uncovered a complex system of Aboriginal land management using fire.

Bill Gammage AM FASSA is an Australian historian, Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University (ANU). He is the author of The Broken Years (1974) on the First AIF, Narrandera Shire (1988), The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938-9 (1998), The Biggest Estate on Earth (2011) and with Bruce Pascoe, First Knowledges Country (2021). The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (2011), has won six prizes, including a Prime Minister’s Literary Prize for Australian History in 2012.

Murmungung- Wooragee Landcare Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Coproration cultural burning project

This Fire Forum is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust and the North East Catchment Management Authority.

Privacy

Note - Information collected by KCLG is collected for the purposes of event registration, insurance and emergency contact purposes on the day of an event. Your information will remain private and will not be shared outside project partners  

Photos

Kiewa Catchment Landcare Groups (KCLG) may use photos taken of you at this event to publicise the event and may retain the photos for future possible use in other projects. This can only occur with your approval, which will be collected during your registration. Please read the below participant photography consent statement carefully. 

By agreeing to having photos taken during this event you give consent to KCLG freely using your photographic image without any personal compensation or remuneration. You also relinquish and waive any current or future rights in connection with the photos, including any intellectual property rights you may have in the photos. Your consent is subject to KCLG not using your image in a negative, unethical or defamatory manner, or for commercial gain or political purposes. The photos remain the property of KCLG and any personal details linked to the photos will be kept confidential and not used for any other purpose