Burning Country has been a practice of First Nations People dating back thousands of years to care for Country. Fire is a part of hunting, songlines, stories, and traditional practices passed down by Elders.
This practice of working with fire is now commonly known as cultural burning and is facilitated by First Nations People. It involves the continuous application of low intensity, patchy fires at the right time of year, in the right places, and under the right conditions, which creates ecological benefits for the soil, animals and dreaming stories connected to that area.
Click on the images below to learn more about cultural burns:
- The benefits of a cultural burn (left), and
- What is involved in a cultural burn (right)
