Author Bill Gammage to launch festival

Keynote speaker to address Aboriginal land management Feb. 14, 2014, One of Australia’s greatest historians is set to be keynote speaker at an upcoming dinner launching the Festival of International Understanding.

Professor Bill Gammage AM will deliver an address based on his book “The Biggest Estate on Earth – How Aborigines Made Australia” at Cowra Services Club on Thursday, March 6…….

Mr Ryan said Prof Gammage’s research on Aboriginal land management, including fire-stick farming, will resonate with many different audiences in Cowra.

“We have a large Aboriginal population, we also have a lot of people interested in conservation farming and we’ve got an Aboriginal men’s group who are looking to do mosaic burning here in Cowra with the assistance of the Local Land Services, so it’s really appropriate,” Mr Ryan said……..http://www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/2086570/keynote-speaker-to-address-aboriginal-land-management/?cs=12