![]() ![]() Gammage looked past this, and through his researches he uncovered the extraordinarily complex system of land management using fire and the life cycles of native plants to ensure plentiful wildlife and plant foods throughout the year. We thought that early colonial paintings showing meadows and parks did not actually depict how the land appeared at the time rather we thought that the colonial painters of the time styled their work to reflect the landscapes from their British homeland. Very few of us were in any way aware of the complexity of Aboriginal land management before this book. ![]() The Biggest Estate on Earth was a revelation when it first came out. I first came across Bill Gammage in the late 1970s when I read his myth busting The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War. ![]()
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