Peter RileySep 20, 2023

https://theconversation.com/colonists-upended-aboriginal-farming-growing-grain-and-running-sheep-on-rich-yamfields-and-cattle-on-arid-grainlands-207118

#FirstNations #grainlands #yamfields #firestickfarming: grass burnt in mosaics to reduce fuel and to bring on green pick to lure grazing animals.
#BillGammage is the author of The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made Australia

Colonists upended Aboriginal farming, growing grain and running sheep on rich yamfields, and cattle on arid grainlands

Newcomers in Australia found and took rich pastures made by Aboriginal fire. Without fire, pastures would revert to forest or scrub.

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