Hidden clues in colonial journals reveal why Tasmania’s remote west keeps burning
By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
Greg Lehman, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Indigenous Knowledges, University of Tasmania
In Tasmania’s remote southwest, dry lightning storms are starting huge conflagrations across treeless plains. Could a return to cultural burning help?
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Monday, December 15, 2025