Aboriginal use of fire in southeastern Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1996, Issue 116, 1996, Pages 19-26

  Kohen, J L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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