Well i understand what you guys are saying...(Aboriginals land management)
I dont for a moment think they werent connected to the land that sustained them, but i dont think its right to clasify them as some lot of gods who didnt make any mistakes...and any doco's ive seen, whether that be of full blood old school tribes, or the ones carrying on tradition with modern tools, i havent seen anything in the way of empathy for the animals they hunt either...so they may preech respect for the land & how it sustained them, but contradict that in many ways also...
And no im not trying to be divisive...
I have no doubt that in a lot of cases, they couldnt controll the fires they lit, not like we have the capability of doing, & so many of them wouldhave got out of controll...i cant help but wonder how many had a far greater adverse effect than they had anticipated.
Having said that, as i first said here, i dont mean for thet to suggest they had no connection to the land, or any idea on how to manage it for themselves either...
But all that aside,the land is completely different now, so i dont think using just "their way" will help at all when it comes to fires...
I think some of the principles they used are most valid, but we know & understand them anyway, yet we dont use them in a lot of cases...
Look at the fire breaks we have as compared to what they had...by that i mean how much land white fellas have cleared for grazing & cropping...look at all the mallee regions of SA & Vic...the cypress forrests felled & cleared in NSW...all the open wooded forrest accros the country now all stubble fields...
We have domestic dogs gone feral, & with this & grazing meaning no dingoes, we have removed the kangaroo's natural population stabeliser...
The land is completely different to what it was before white man invaded & settled...using some principles of the native's would be a good thing, but to let them manage the land in regard to bushfire mitigation, based on what it was then wouldnt do any good.
We have the knowledge to better manage it, utilising experience gained from all areas & cultures, yet we let ego's & opinion get in the way & choose to lay blame on whoever we want--regardless of it being their fault or not -(aka--its all scomo's fault because he was on a holiday--
)...
Anyway, im not trying to dismiss the Indigenous ways at all... just saying the land is different now--very different indeed...!!...whether it be bushfires or Aboriginal affairs, we need to better manage it, & manage it for what it is, not for who is right based opinions...get off our arses & be proactive, rather than sit around pandering to the popular vote & the offended minority groups...!!
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...