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Layer Id 2763 Name Indigenous Land Management in Early Colonial Records
Description

Some mentions of Indigenous land management as recorded by colonists in Australia, such as pyroculture, clearing, harvesting, etc. This is not comprehensive, but a place to keep this type of information as I stumble on it, while researching other things.

Subject Keywords history, environment, Indigenous, Aboriginal, Land management, pyroculture
Type Other Created At 2026-03-24 12:17:04
Updated At 2026-05-01 15:58:32 Ghap Url https://tlcmap.org/layers/2763
Statistic Value Unit
Total Places
6 -
Area
735320.02361317 km2
Convex Hull
POLYGON((146.52992326418598 -41.58850347902114,115.78425131830095 -32.58206547222129,135.84749247892483 -34.67729178712284,144.5592282740454 -37.43170629736849,146.52992326418598 -41.58850347902114)) -
Density
8.1597125160792E-6 places/km2
Centroid
POINT(138.34902139073424 -37.09318572003857) -
Bounding Box
POLYGON((115.78425131830095 -41.58850347902114,115.78425131830095 -32.58206547222129,146.52992326418598 -32.58206547222129,146.52992326418598 -41.58850347902114,115.78425131830095 -41.58850347902114)) -
Most Central Place
Pyroculture, Boston Bay, Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula -
Most Distant Place from center
Pyroculture (cultural burn) in Noongar Country -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 809.1720809811
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: 0.0011004352594739
kilometers
Start Date
1837 -
End Date
1840-12-19 -
Duration
3.97 years
Median Date
1838-07-01 -
Average Date
1838-09-06 -