KUKU THAYPAN FIRE MANAGEMENTDesigned by Jacqueline Gothe with Lyndal Harris, Peta Standley and Victor Steffensen © 2011Traditional Land Management - Awu Laya -FiresticksCOMMUNICATINGFIREBUILDING RELATIONSHIPS & CREATING CHANGEKUKU U THAYPAN FIRE MANAGEMENT RESEARCHPROJECROJECT (KTFMRPRP) AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CAMPFIRESRecognition RolesResponsibilityRespect ReciprocityThe Fire Sticks Pilot Project holdsa vision to support the use ofAboriginal knowledge in naturalresource management by focusingon Traditional Aboriginal FireManagement Practices.This Indigenous-led project isworking with Traditional KnowledgeRevival Pathways (TKRP),KTFMRP - The Importance ofCampfires, University of TechnologySydney, Jumbunna and NSWNPWS Aboriginal Co-ManagementUnit through an Indigenous-ledmentorship methodology that isrespectful to the communitiesinvolved.Information and photographs©2011KTFMRPTheImportanceofCampfiresKnowingwhat itdoesLOREPEOPLECOUNTRYKnowinghow todo itPEOPLE - LORE - COUNTRY“Today fire is seen as a destructiveforce which most Australians fear.This fear disconnects society fromthe land and its people. Fire is apowerful natural element. Fireilluminates life and provides culturewith ceremony, medicine, food,warmth and above all a lore thatthe land taught the people.We must respect this as aninherited responsibility to bepassed on in our changing world.The challenge today is to keep thisrespect alive, not only in terms oflooking after the land but to healthe differences between people andtheir relationship to country.”Initiating Traditional Fire Practicesthrough the Traditional KnowledgeRevival Pathways (TKRP) methodology.Stage 1 Negotiations and Planningwith all stakeholders.Stage 2 Getting to know Country –Recording the process and knowledgeto establish first step for monitoring.Stage 3 First burn –recording,monitoring, observing.PLANTSMONITORKwern (Awu-Laya – KukuThaypan Language name)Heteropogon contortusBlack spear grassA tropical perennial tussock grassthat is an important indicatorspecies for a healthy understoryin many ecosystems whereit is present.PLANTSFIREMONITORPlacing the tools of westernscience in Indigenoushands to bring togetherTraditional EnvironmentalKnowledge and contemporaryenvironmental managementpractices.Traditional owners learnGPS skills to assist inmanaging country duringa western science firemonitoring workshop onCape York.LAWPEOPLELAWDew is an important TraditionalEcological Knowledge indicatorfor early dry season burning.The moisture supplied by heavywinter dew provides conditionsnecessary for regeneration ofspecies post fire and ensuresthat cool fires burn out over night.ANIMALSKnowingwhat it isBIO-DIVERSITYPEOPLEDigitally recording and supportingthe transfer of TraditionalKnowledge from the Elders totheir young people based on thetraditional methods as determinedby the Elders ensures the survivalof this Traditional Knowledgebefore it is lost forever.ANIMALSNyemyra (Awu-Laya – KukuThaypan Language name)Female Agile WallabyMacropus agilis.Traditional Ecological Knowledge:Important food resource.This species is considered in firemanagement law by ensuring thatthe animal is not trapped by fire,that areas remain unburnt and thatit has access to new shoots postburns in order to assist the animalwith successful breeding.Coming to know and understand firerequires guidance by Elders and fireknowledge holders through various stagesof cultural learning on country. Learningthe knowledge through a written or even avisual medium without that learning processon country means that components of theembedded nature of that knowledge in placeand people can be misunderstood.BIODIVERSITYThe canopy is sacred in KukuThaypan lore. Culturally it is againstmanagement law to burn the canopy.A healthy canopy provides essentialfood, habitat resources and climateregulation that ultimately all biotarely on. TEK helps to ensure firemanagement is applied in theright place, at the right time for theright reasons to support resilientfunctioning ecosystems andmaintain biodiversity.RESEARCH PROJECT (KTFMRP)& IMPORTANCE OF CAMPFIRES –PHD PROJECT 2004 - 2011PeopleDr. George Musgrave (Sadly deceased)Dr. Tommy George Snr.Victor SteffensenPeta-Marie StandleyChristine MusgraveCarole MusgraveElenor MusgraveDale MusgraveLewis MusgraveThomas George Jnr.Lexie George (Sadly deceased)Eileen GeorgeCoralyn GeorgeMichelle WilsonRobert RossBronwyn RossAlwyn LyallCharlie LeecheuFrancis LeecheuRobert LeecheuElizabeth LakefieldNikita LakefieldJakita LakefieldLes HarriganAshley LyallWilliam LyallBlade OmeenyoGreg OmeenyoPeter AccoomeLeroy PlattDenise ClaudiePeter Fischer (Sadly deceased)Polly Fischer (Sadly deceased)Gail FischerDanny FischerRuby WinkleMarilyn WallacePeter WallaceErrol WallaceBrian BarryNickolas WoodleyCecil WoodleyPeter HenryTegan KosterBen JonesBruce RigsbyNoeleen ColeJoel NgallamettaSharon NgallamettaDaniel BracegirdleStanley KalkeeyortaLanguage GroupsKuku ThaypanOlkoloLama LamaKuku YalanjiWestern YalanjiKuku NgunkulWik-MungkanOrganisationsJames Cook UniversityCSIRO Ecosystem SciencesThe Cairns InstituteAustralian Tropical Forest Research InstituteNorthern Australian Environment AllianceNorthern Australia Grantmakers NetworkMullum TrustBush HeritageCaring for Country EnvirofundCaring for Country Open GrantsCaring for Country Biodiversity Open CallWorking on CountryPerpetualDepartment of Environment and Resource ManagementQueensland Parks and Wildlife ServiceCape York Peninsula Development Association FireProjectMonash UniversityUniversity of California DavisNOAA – National Oceanic andAtmospheric AdministrationCharles Darwin UniversitySavannah Cooperative Research CentrePeter McConchieOZ ToursWik Media Pty LtdBIZANT WORKSHOPMAY 2010PeopleDr. Tommy GeorgeMargaret Bassini and familyAlwyn LyallDen BarberDavid KingSharyn HallsChris TobinLex DaddTony WilliamsTerry HillJason BrownTom BrownHilton NadenAshley MoranRobert EvittDion CreekJenny CreekJoyce HendersonClive HendersonRoderick DoughboyJack LowdownJimmy(JR)RichardsGerraldine MammooseCraig WheelerBrendan WheelerMatt GillisPenelope IveyCindy TogoJohn SurhaLarry LeedieEvelyn IveyDynzie SmallwoodBruce ReeseAlbert ReeseChris MuriataHaydn TogoRiki ArcherIsher SegboerBen JonesLuke BurnettScott BurnettOliver CostelloBen JobsonSandhya SharmaSamAlex RyanClement GiraultPaulStephen McCannUrsula StrohTony BurtLiane KlugerVictor SteffensenPeta StandleyDjerami CallopeDanny FischerJoel NullamettaDon DeBuschGail FischerRod BennettOrganisationsLama Lama Land TrustKuku ThaypanTraditional Knowledge Revival PathwaysMulongKTFMRPThe Importance of CampfiresJames Cook UniversityYuin NationUniversity of WollongongYirandali NationLockhart River RangersYuku-Baja-Muliku Landowner & Reserves LtdMapoon RangersKaanju Kulan Enterprises Thaypan RangersKuku YalanjiEwaminWild River RangersGirringun Aboriginal Corporation RangersNGISG – Northern Gulf Indigenous Savanna GroupCape York Sustainable FuturesSunshine Coast UniversityNSW Department of Environment Climate Change& Water (DECCW)Co Management UnitClimate Change OfficeUniversity of Technology SydneyOZ ToursGudjuk ConsultantWorking on Country ProgramCHUULANGUN WORKSHOP JULY 2010PeopleDavid ClaudieDundee (Robert) NelsonJames AdamsFarren PortGordon PeterErica Liddy (Sadly deceased)Robert Nelson.Trevor Shane GibsonIvan GibsonOswald GibsonCyril McGreenVeronica O’Sullivan.Alison LiddyKevin LiddyKaren LiddyHazel PeterRobert TrugarJonathan UptonPeter LiddyDavinia LakefieldElaine LiddySeppi BassaniRichard KingDr. Tommy GeorgeTony O’KeefeCharlie HankinDavid AmberEmma IgnjicDon DeBuschLeslie SchultzAmanda HogbinRonald HarriganNevelle HuttonRosie HarriganPreston CopeIris WhiteShaun StephensLana PolglaseTerry HillRob EvittLeasie FelderholfOliver CostelloLayla TanJali Rose Tan CostelloBen JonesIsher SegboerTrish ButlerMick BlackmanAlison LiddyAlex RyanEric VanerduysStephen McCannDon HankinVictor SteffensenPeta-Marie StandleyDjerami CallopeGail FischerTerry SteffensenKathy GibsonSimon KennedyPeter DrahosLuigi PalombiAndrew PiconeOrganisationsKannju Ngaachi ChuulangunAboriginal CorporationChuulangun RangersLama Lama RangersMulongTKRPKuku Thaypan Fire Management Research ProjectWorking on Country ProgramAustralian Conservation FoundationTSRA Torres Strait Island Regional CouncilYuin NationBush Heritage Australia/North AustralianIndigenous Land and Sea Management AllianceNyacha Kumopinta Aboriginal CorporationJames Cook UniversityUniversity of WollongongCalifornia State University ChicoNSW Department of EnvironmentClimate Change & Water (DECCW)Aboriginal Co Management UnitYirandali NationRed Cross / NgadjuKuku YalanjiGuugu YimithirrNSW <strong>Rural</strong> Fire ServiceThe Australian National UniversityParks VictoriaGudjuk ConsultingFirescape ScienceCSIRO Biodiversity ProjectCape York Sustainable FuturesThe E Robert Hayles & Alison L HaylesCharitable Trust, managed by PerpetualIBM SecondeeFIRESTICKS INAUGURALNSW MEETING ATUTS 7 FEBRUARY 2010PeopleMark SimonDennis BarberChris TobinLenore FraserRussell HillGillian DunkerleyTerry HillPreston CopeDaniel ChalkerChristine EriksenLynn BakerGreg WattsDavid HarringtonEric ClaussenRobert EvittPhil ButtSharyn HallsOwen John SmithIris WhiteDeanna DavisonLana AndrewsWaminda ParkerRob McKinnonWayne SimmsAndrew BoleynRon RileyJacinta TobinSharon RileyMichael ClancyTim WilkinsVictor SteffensenOliver CostelloPeta StandleyJacqueline GotheDaniel BracegirdleMiguel ValenzuelaJustin HarveyBrendan LloydOrganisationsNSW Department of EnvironmentClimate Change & Water (DECCW)Aboriginal Co Management UnitUniversity of Technology SydneyMulongTKRPKuku Thaypan Fire Management Research ProjectMacquarie UniversityYuinDharugGundungurraDharrawalWirradjuriYirandaliBundjalungEPANSW <strong>Rural</strong> Fire ServiceUniversity of WollongongHotspots Fire ProjectLachlan CMALand and Property Management AuthorityThe E Robert 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Reading CountrySpeculation on the use of digital interactivemedia to create a shared networked practice tosupport the monitoring and evaluating of testsites for Indigenous cultural burning practices inAustralia.• Mediated representations through image and text, usingvideo, photography and sound with the support of illustrations,maps, diagrams and typography to document country overtime.• Information and expression of cultural practices, located inspecific places, to be shared between participatingcommunities.• Production of the content and management of any systemneeds to reside with participating communities.• This system holds visual representations of places andpractices to support knowledge sharing and enhance therecognition of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge incontemporary landscape management.• Records and observations, gathered over time, sharedlocally, nationally and globally.Contact:Jacqueline GotheVisual Communication DesignUniversity of Technology SydneyJacqueline.Gothe@uts.edu.auwww.ccdp.uts.edu.au/www.tkrp.com.au• Paramount is understanding the relation between effectsand affects - the experiential and the observational - in orderto maintain connections between the country, people andspirit.
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