Animals on Country

Animals on Country

by Victor Steffensen and Sandra Steffensen
Publication Date: 02/09/2025

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This engaging picture book from award-winning brother-and-sister team Victor and Sandra Steffensen inspires children and adults alike to look after animals through Indigenous cultural practices.


'For thousands of years, Aboriginal people looked after the land to keep it healthy, so there was plenty of food for the animals to eat.'


But today, the animals are wondering what has happened to the people. Trees have been cut down, land has been cleared and rivers have been polluted.


Join Uncle Kuu as he takes children out on Country to learn about the First Peoples' traditions of caring for animals, and in turn, caring for Country.


By First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians coming together, we can all be part of the animal world and help to look after the animals.


From the bestselling author of Fire Country comes this endearing picture book for children aged 510 years that celebrates the value of Indigenous knowledge in modern Australia.

ISBN:
9781761506932
9781761506932
Category:
Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Publication Date:
02-09-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
ALLEN & UNWIN
Victor Steffensen

Victor Steffensen is an Indigenous writer, filmmaker, musician and consultant applying traditional knowledge values in a contemporary context, through workshops and artistic projects. He is a descendant of the Tagalaka people through his mother’s connections from the Gulf Country of north Queensland.

Much of Victor's work over the past 27 years has been based on the arts and reviving traditional knowledge values – particularly traditional burning – through mentoring and leadership, as well as on-ground training with Aboriginal communities and many non-Indigenous Australians. He is also the co-founder of the National Indigenous Fire Workshops, which have so far been hosted in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Victor has also connected with First Nations communities in North America and the Sámi people of Scandinavia, sharing cultural knowledge practices related to caring for country. Victor is regularly interviewed by media regarding Indigenous fire management, including on The Drum, ABC News, Insight and for The Saturday Paper and Dumbo Feather magazine.

Available for download after 02/09/2025

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