Caring for Country
For more than 60,000 years the First Peoples of Victoria have been caring for Country using cultural burning. Cultural fire is fire deliberately lit by Traditional Owners for a variety of purposes including ceremony, protection of cultural and natural assets, fuel reduction, flora regeneration, management of food, fibre and medicines, fauna habitat protection and healing Country's spirit.
The Victorian Traditional Owner Cultural Fire Strategy is a collaborative effort providing a framework for fire and land management agencies to support Traditional Owners to re-introduce cultural burning across Victoria's natural landscapes.
