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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 |
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Total Places
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6 | - |
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Area
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735320.02361317 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((146.52992326418598 -41.58850347902114,115.78425131830095 -32.58206547222129,135.84749247892483 -34.67729178712284,144.5592282740454 -37.43170629736849,146.52992326418598 -41.58850347902114)) | - |
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Density
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8.1597125160792E-6 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(138.34902139073424 -37.09318572003857) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((115.78425131830095 -41.58850347902114,115.78425131830095 -32.58206547222129,146.52992326418598 -32.58206547222129,146.52992326418598 -41.58850347902114,115.78425131830095 -41.58850347902114)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Pyroculture, Boston Bay, Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Pyroculture (cultural burn) in Noongar Country | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1837 | - |
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End Date
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1840-12-19 | - |
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Duration
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3.97 | years |
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Median Date
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1838-07-01 | - |
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Average Date
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1838-09-06 | - |