- Title
- Aboriginal use of fire as a weapon in Colonial Victoria : a preliminary analysis
- Creator
- Clark, Ian; Cahir, David (Fred); Wilkie, Benjamin; Tout, Dan; Clark, Jidah
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/193165
- Identifier
- vital:18130
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2022.2071954
- Identifier
- ISSN:1031-461X (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The use of fire as an offensive and defensive weapon on the colonial frontier in Australia has received little scholarly attention. This article aims to build on insights from current historiography about the customary use of fire by Aboriginal peoples within the borders of Victoria, Australia. Specifically, our aim is to highlight the historically significant role Aboriginal peoples’ use of fire played in resisting the colonists in Victoria during the colonial period. By closely scrutinising documentary records it is possible to demonstrate that Aboriginal people used fire, both offensively and defensively, against the colonists. © Editorial Board, Australian Historical Studies 2023.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Relation
- Australian Historical Studies Vol. 54, no. 1 (2023), p. 109-124
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © Editorial Board, Australian Historical Studies 2023
- Subject
- 4303 Historical studies; 4302 Heritage, archive and museum studies
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