Traditional Fire Management

First Nations fire burning knowledge is living cultural knowledge. Practices are based on connection to Country and local knowledge of the region.

The First Scientists

First Nations people in Australia are the original scientists.

Black Duck Foods Sowing Seeds for First Nations Food Sovereignty

Central to First Nations sovereignty is food sovereignty – the right to define one’s own food system. The right to produce our own cultural food.

Sacred Trees

While each First Nation has its own unique customs, traditions and Law, we all see trees as sacred, significant and deserving of protection.

Nuku (Water)

A poem about nuku (water) by Torres Strait Islander woman Tishiko King.

Looking After Country With Fire

Victor Steffensen yarns with us about reading Country, making friends with fire and protecting ecosystems for future generations.

Knowledge and Sustainability

Architecture, agriculture, trade, astronomy and physics were practised in Australia long before colonisation.

First Nations Systems Thinking

Systems thinking is to view the natural environment, human relationships and non-human relationships with a systems lens.

First Nations Water Rights and Activism

Water sovereignty is about First Nations people having control over waters they traditionally and rightfully own.

First Nations Languages

When you lose your language, a whole way of being, a whole cultural universe is lost forever.