Indigenous knowledge and the persistence of the 'wilderness' myth
- Written by: Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Associate Professor in Biogeography, The University of Melbourne
IMGPhoto credit: Wolfram Dressler, Author providedAccording to the Oxford English dictionary, wilderness is defined as:
A wild or uncultivated region or tract of land, uninhabited, or inhabited only by wild animals; “a tract of solitude and savageness”.
Aboriginal people in Australia view wilderness, or what is called “wild...
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