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Aboriginal Australians

Two people standing in a dry area in front of a wildfire

What Aboriginal Australians can teach us about managing wildfires

Since last summer’s bushfire crisis in Australia, there’s been a quantum shift in public awareness of Aboriginal fire management. It’s now more widely understood that Indigenous people used landscape burning to sustain biodiversity and suppress large bushfires.

One woman wears an white protective suit and has a large plastic jug strapped to her back; another woman stands next to her as both inspect a branch of a bush.

Aboriginal rangers use traditional knowledge to protect their lands

A group of Aboringinal women are shown sitting during a Sunday picnic in Telegraph Station in Alice Springs.

As more Aboriginal children are removed from families, critics say government risks a second Stolen Generation

black and white photo of two men sitting next two each other

The violent collectors who gathered Indigenous artifacts for the Queensland Museum

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Anti-colonization protests counter Australia Day celebrations

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