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Bill Gammage AM is an Australian academic historian. In this Lunchbox/Soapbox presentation, he discusses the mistaken belief that Aboriginal Australians were passive occupiers of the land before European settlement, noting their holistic sense of connection with their environment, and careful use of fire to rejuvenate landscapes and manipulate the movement of fauna.
14 Oct 2012
27 Oct 2011
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I am guessing Gammage is the last of the 'Enlargeners', for sure.
Pat B.
10 November at 02:34PM
Yes, we had much to learn but were not ready for it . . . are we yet ?
Christine jordan
28 November at 01:07PM
I am so thrilled that Bill won the Victorian Prize for Literature (and the Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction). What a deserving gent. Great book.
19 October at 08:22AM
Bill turns upside down my old belief that Australia was all Wilderness within which Aboriginal people lived. His argument and evidence fill me with pride and grief in my Aboriginal and European ancestry. Reconciliation must come by changing how we think, believe and behave. Thank you Bill for setting me a new path.
Lisa Roberts
06 April at 09:01AM