First Knowledges: Country Aug25 Plus an index

Plus an index

and learn about the science behind palaeontology – from how we define dinosaurs to how we’ve started learning what colour they might have been

or peaceful breaks in your day

Grasp facts at a glance as you turn every page: discover the size of our Sun in comparison to the largest star in the universe

First Knowledges: Country Aug25 Plus an indexFor millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and economic solutions. Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe demonstrate how Aboriginal people cultivated the land through manipulation of water flows, vegetation and firestick practice. Not solely hunters and gatherers, the First Australians also farmed and stored food. They employed complex seasonal fire programs that protected Country and