Indigenous Australian Land

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People have walked the lands for at least.......years.

• 60 000

• 6 000

• 600 000

• 6 000 000

Indigenous land management techniques include....

• cultural burning

• fire stick farming

• cool burning

• all of the above

Fire in the Indigenous culture was used for distinct purposes. These purposes are..?

• encourage regeneration of grasses and plants

• reduce the occurrence of intense bushfires

• promote biodiversity of plants and animals

• all three purpose.

What amount of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions is avoided in 12 months by letting Aboriginal people manage burns?

• 5 000 000

• 500 000

• 50 000

• 5 000

The depth to which a hot fire could bake the soil and destroy seeds and nutrients is?

• 50 cm

• 30 cm

• 3 m

• 3 cm

The ideal time to burn the land is the early dry season.

• April - July

• July - December

• December - March

The remote Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust Country Fire Authority (about 350 kms east of Melbourne) employs Australia's first all-Aboriginal, all-female fire brigade.

• True

• False

Since the time of European settlement an estimated ?? trees have been cleared in the Murray-Darling Basin.

• 15 billion

• 5 billion

• 15 million

• 5 million