Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
 Image No. 17-83 |
LandscapesAnother takeoff from Darwin showing bushfires (deliberately lit) in open forestsDarwin, Northern Territory June 1963 Larger image (57K) |
Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
By now (June) most of the country has been "burnt off". This popular practice to improve "wild" tropical pastures is highly controversial. There is now (1999) a large literature dealing with it, as well as surmises about ecological checks and balances in areas burnt by indigenous Aboriginal people before white settlement.
Image No. 17-83Landscapes
Another takeoff from Darwin showing bushfires (deliberately lit) in open forests
Darwin, Northern Territory
June 1963
Larger image (57K)
