Assessment Tasks Term Four
Assessment Tasks |
Date Distributed |
Due Date |
Writing Anthology |
Week 1 |
Week 8 |
Investigating Landforms: Gap Year |
Week 4 |
Week 6 |
The Life I Live: Drama Performance |
Week 3 |
Week 5 |
Journal |
Week 1 |
Week 10 |
Writing Anthology: Due Week 8
It has been widely contested as to whether Aboriginal Australians farmed the land prior to colonisation. De. Deane Fergie states that “Aboriginal cultural practice has always had an impact on the landscape- there is no pristine wilderness in Aboriginal lands”. This essay will discuss how Indigenous Australians farmed the land prior to colonisation through looking at their use of fire to manage the land.
Fire management has been used for thousands of years within Australian Indigenous communities. Indigenous communities used fire as a way to control the amount of vegetation that could grow to aid them in surviving. For example, Aboriginal Australians used fire as a way to clear natural lands to aid them in hunting. Through clearing the land it was easier for Aboriginal people to identify and kill animals for consumption. Additionally, Indigenous Australians burnt the land to minimise the impact of natural fire events; this is now known as ‘back burning’. Back burning allows for natural fire events to not be as devastating to both the natural environment and human. Back burning also encourages new growth for plants. Therefore it is evident that Indigenous Australians used land managements strategies such as fire which supports the statement that “there was no pristine wilderness in Aboriginal lands”.
In conclusion, it is evident that Aboriginal Australians did not exist within pristine landscapes. Indigenous Australians used the a variety of land management strategies which meant that their land was not a pristine wilderness but used and managed sustainably by the Indigenous people.
Fire management has been used for thousands of years within Australian Indigenous communities. Indigenous communities used fire as a way to control the amount of vegetation that could grow to aid them in surviving. For example, Aboriginal Australians used fire as a way to clear natural lands to aid them in hunting. Through clearing the land it was easier for Aboriginal people to identify and kill animals for consumption. Additionally, Indigenous Australians burnt the land to minimise the impact of natural fire events; this is now known as ‘back burning’. Back burning allows for natural fire events to not be as devastating to both the natural environment and human. Back burning also encourages new growth for plants. Therefore it is evident that Indigenous Australians used land managements strategies such as fire which supports the statement that “there was no pristine wilderness in Aboriginal lands”.
In conclusion, it is evident that Aboriginal Australians did not exist within pristine landscapes. Indigenous Australians used the a variety of land management strategies which meant that their land was not a pristine wilderness but used and managed sustainably by the Indigenous people.
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