doogs wrote:I was last in the Eastern Arthurs region a couple of years before the recent fires (2018/19), you could see the patchwork layout of the plains which screamed 'this area was culturally burned'. Also in one of the small forested areas, near The Razorback, was I tree that had been 'fired' many times to create a shelter tree. None of the surrounding vegetation/forest showed any signs of fire and many of the trees would have been several hundreds of years old. So, yes, I agree that the area would have been extensively visited by the indigenous population and there would have been names for much more of the country than has been recorded. The European settlers/invaders mainly stuck to the coastline and therefore much of the inland country names have been lost.
As Wander mentioned, Robinsons diaries could hold some information.
doogs wrote:I was last in the Eastern Arthurs region a couple of years before the recent fires (2018/19), you could see the patchwork layout of the plains which screamed 'this area was culturally burned'. Also in one of the small forested areas, near The Razorback, was I tree that had been 'fired' many times to create a shelter tree.
headwerkn wrote:doogs wrote:I was last in the Eastern Arthurs region a couple of years before the recent fires (2018/19), you could see the patchwork layout of the plains which screamed 'this area was culturally burned'. Also in one of the small forested areas, near The Razorback, was I tree that had been 'fired' many times to create a shelter tree.
Would the first area be within the vicinity of the Wargata Mina/Judd's Cavern Aboriginal site north of the Farmhouse Creek track in the south Cracroft Valley? That would make sense.
potato wrote:The plains were there long before people arrived to the area. The impact of people on the distribution of the plains remains unknown and is only speculated on in the scientific and non-scientific literature.
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