Using the Aboriginal rangelands: 'insider' realities and 'outsider' perceptions
1994
Young, E. (Australian National Univ., Canberra. National Centre for Development Studies) | Ross, H. (Australian National Univ., Canberra. Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies)
Aboriginal ownership of Australia's rangelands is already significant and is likely to increase with recognition of Native Title. Aboriginal management of the rangelands, including their use of cultural and subsistence purposes as well as for pastoralism and conservation (parks) presents alternatives to conventional practices. Traditional ecological knowledge is applied in all forms of Aboriginal land use. Multiple use of the land, combining two of more forms of use within a single area, is predominant. Such strategies are particularly important in more marginal parts of the rangelands where, because of environmental unpredictability, single purpose use may threaten the successful survival of landholders. A case-study of contemporary land use practised by the Ngarrinyin people in one such marginal area, the interior section of the Kimberley's remote Gibb River road, illustrates these points. Non-Aboriginal neighbours have also increasingly moved towards multiple use strategies. These realities challenged the common perception from the 'outsider' government authorities that such regions should focus on single purpose use, with the prime emphasis on pastoralism.
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