Cared-for Country did not experience catastrophic fire.
A wilderness that colonisation built
* "Fire management must grow beyond hazard-reduction burning and climate adaptation into restoring healthy Country and cultural burning, with Traditional Owners resourced to lead the way.. Cultural burning reduces catastrophic fires, is better for the soil, and protects our plants and animals." >>
https://theconversation.com/colonisation-not-climate-change-first-primed-these-forests-to-burn-292997
* Australia’s current wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change >>
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11097-z
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