Australian Story Fighting Fire with Fire: Victor Steffensen (Season 25, Episode 9)
TV Episode | 27 min | Documentary, Biography

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Australian Story

Fighting Fire with Fire: Victor Steffensen (Season 25, Episode 9)

TV Episode | 27 min | Documentary, Biography

Two elders from Cape York entrusted Victor Steffensen with the ancient knowledge of cultural burning. Could this method of fire management used by generations of Indigenous people be the answer to Australia's bushfire threat?

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Name	Known for
Celeste Barber Self - Introduction Self - Introduction See fewer	Wellmania (2023)
Victor Steffensen Self - Indigenous Fire Practitioner Self - Indigenous Fire Practitioner See fewer	Insight (1995)
Barry Child Self - 1st Officer, Kuranda / Self - Myola Fire Brigade Self - 1st Officer, Kuranda / Self - Myola Fire Brigade See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Craig Crawford Self - QLD Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Self - QLD Minister for Fire and Emergency Services See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Shane Fitzsimmons Self - NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Self - NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner See fewer	A Fire Inside (2021)
Bill Gammage Self - Australian National University Historian (as Prof. Bill Gammage) Self - Australian National University Historian (as Prof. Bill Gammage) See fewer	Gallipoli (1981)
Tommy George Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Jacqueline Gothe Self - University of Technology Sydney (as Dr Jacqueline Gothe) Self - University of Technology Sydney (as Dr Jacqueline Gothe) See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Barry Hunter Self - Friend Self - Friend See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Dwayne Musgrave Self - Grandson of George Musgrave Self - Grandson of George Musgrave See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
George Musgrave Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Last Trackers of the Outback (2007)
Chris Palmer Self - NSW Rural Fire Service (as Inspector Chris Palmer) Self - NSW Rural Fire Service (as Inspector Chris Palmer) See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Peta-Marie Standley Self - Cultural Burning Researcher (as Dr Peta Standley) Self - Cultural Burning Researcher (as Dr Peta Standley) See fewer	Australian Story (1996)

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