On Monday and Tuesday we held the Cultural Fire and Animals Workshop at Yarrawarra Cultural Centre here on Gumbaynggirr Country. Despite a few presenters having to pull out due to ill health and other commitments, the workshop was really well received. Renee and Solomon Carriere from ‘We are Fire’ on the Saskatchewan River Delta… Continue reading Fire and Animals Workshop
While I was mowing my lawn two weeks ago, I noticed some disturbed soil at the edge of the lawn under a Lilly Pilly tree. I took a closer look and instantly recognized the inverted conical digging pit of a bandicoot. I was a bit surprised at this because I’m in a pretty built-up area,… Continue reading Bringing Home my Bandicoot Work
Last week I was walking along the sandy trail that leads from the low beach country up the escarpment to the ridgeline. I rounded a bend and heard a rustle and because I always have snakes in the back of my mind I jumped a metre backwards. The cause of the rustle was a koala,… Continue reading Encounter
by Marcus I’ve hit a bump in the road. The above photo might look pretty mundane but it’s actually pretty significant. It’s what greeted me when I arrived at the fieldsite last week. The reason the photo is significant is because the previous Tuesday there was a trail camera attached to the tree. I arrived… Continue reading Critter-blind
Welcome to the Cultural Fire and Animals website. This site is part of the ARC funded research project ‘Narrating the Roles of Animals in Cultural Burning.’ This project is aimed at developing stories of how First Nations people and animals co-construct landscapes via the medium of cultural fire. It’s being undertaken on the mid north… Continue reading Welcome
