Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation

Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation Our primary objective is to care for Country through the practice of Aboriginal Cultural Burning. Fire has story (lore).
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Koori Country Cultural Fire (KCCF) Aboriginal Corporation is a not for profit culturally led Community Group established in 2017. Our aim is to help revive the traditional use of fire to care for Country as the Aboriginal people of South East Australia did for thousands of years prior to the colonisation in 1788. Aboriginal people were then forcibly displaced from their traditional lands and with

it, their cultural practices living on Country, following lore, conducting ceremony, speaking language etc were severely disrupted and stopped. The use of Cultural Fire by Aboriginal people therefore also ceased. It provides warmth and light, cooks food, provides heat for tool making, is part of Ceremony and just like every other natural element within the environment, fire has given life and allowed Aboriginal people to survive in and to care for their Country.

As we approach the end of summer and the Bushfire Danger Period in NSW, our attention turns to continuing our series of ...
28/02/2026

As we approach the end of summer and the Bushfire Danger Period in NSW, our attention turns to continuing our series of Cultural Burns, workshops and camps including at 'Ngurrampaa' in Laguna NSW. Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation in partnership with Yarrabin Fire and Wollombi Aboriginal Cultural Experiences will be holding a series of Cultural Fire Camps from April, 2026.

For more info, Email: [email protected]

Here’s a glimpse of some special burning moments from Ngurrampaa over the past 10 years.

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Some of the footage captured in this documentary includes a Cultural Burn conducted at 'Ngurrampaa' where Koori Country ...
22/05/2025

Some of the footage captured in this documentary includes a Cultural Burn conducted at 'Ngurrampaa' where Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation was ‘born’. We acknowledge all of our Practitioners and workshop attendees who have had a part to play in bringing the ‘good fire’ back to ‘Ngurrampaa’ over the past 10 years. 🔥🧡🔥

“Knowledge is only powerful when its shared”
Uncle Paul Gordon

It was 5 years ago today on 5 December, 2019 that the Gospers Mountain wildfire merged with the ‘Little L Complex’ wildf...
04/12/2024

It was 5 years ago today on 5 December, 2019 that the Gospers Mountain wildfire merged with the ‘Little L Complex’ wildfire and moved due East out of Yengo National Park.

‘Ngurrampaa’ was in its path and you can still read a Sydney Morning Herald article about what happened in the link

Since then, Yarrabin Fire and Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation along with Wollombi Aboriginal Cultural Experiences have been continuing to monitor and treat parts of ‘Ngurrampaa’ with Cultural Fire. The results are amazing.

We also Acknowledge and offer ourvrespect to Uncle Paul Gordon who supported the initial Cultural Burns and workshops at ‘Ngurrampaa’ from 2015. He has taught members of Koori Country Cultural Fire and others so much.

We are planning for more Cultural Burns, Workshops and Cultural Fire Camps from March 2025. Register your interest now in attending: [email protected]

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As he returned to inspect his bushfire-ravaged property, Phil Sheppard expected the worst - but somehow, his home survived.

So let’s get on with supporting and resourcing Aboriginal communities and practitioners to get on with reviving Cultural...
01/11/2024

So let’s get on with supporting and resourcing Aboriginal communities and practitioners to get on with reviving Cultural Burning.

As wildfires become more frequent and intense due to the climate crisis, combining the First Nations practice with western techniques is ‘crucial’

Burning, sharing, camping, connecting and caring for Country at ‘Ngurrampaa’ Cultural burning weekend from Friday August...
09/08/2024

Burning, sharing, camping, connecting and caring for Country at ‘Ngurrampaa’ Cultural burning weekend from Friday August 23 to Sunday August 25, 2024.
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Koori Country Cultural Fire Cultural Burning and Camping Weekends at Ngurrampaa with Wollombi Aboriginal Cultural Experi...
14/07/2024

Koori Country Cultural Fire Cultural Burning and Camping Weekends at Ngurrampaa with Wollombi Aboriginal Cultural Experiences. To attend future planned weekends in August, send your expression of interest to: [email protected]

Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation are proud to be supporting the 'Return fire for Country' weekends to ...
28/06/2024

Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation are proud to be supporting the 'Return fire for Country' weekends to be held in the beautiful 'Ngurrampaa' of Laguna NSW. This is where our story began, and we can't wait to return the burn and heal Country. See you there 🔥

Thanks to South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation - Ngune for sharing this. Monitoring Cultural Burn sites is so imp...
22/11/2023

Thanks to South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation - Ngune for sharing this. Monitoring Cultural Burn sites is so important.
We also acknowledge Patrula Nayri (Fire good)Traditional Fire Workshops Cygnet and Mountain Ash Insights for their part in this project. 👣🔥👣🎋

21/04/2023

In case you missed it - the first speakers for our 2023 Bushfire Conference have been announced! 🔥📣

These include keynote speakers:
· Oliver Costello (Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation)
· Dr Sarah Harris (CFA (Country Fire Authority))
· Prof David Lindenmayer (The Australian National University)
· A/Prof Lauren Bennett (The University of Melbourne)
· Prof Euan Ritchie (Deakin University)

As well as:
· Dr Philip Zylstra (Curtin University)
· Leanne King (Koori Country Cultural Fire Aboriginal Corporation, Djurali Pty Ltd)
· Prof Ross Bradstock (NSW Department of Planning and Environment)
· Dr Angie Haslem (La Trobe University)

We're also delighted to announce that NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers ASFM will be delivering an address at the opening of this year's conference. Furthermore, We are also very happy to announce that the conference panel will be chaired by Greg Mullins AO AFSM, former Commissioner Fire & Rescue NSW; Former AFAC President; Founder, Emergency Leaders for Climate Action; Climate Councillor; member NSW Bushfire Coordinating Committee; RFS Group Officer and Member NCC Bushfire Advisory Committee.

For more information, including presentation topics, please see our website: https://www.nature.org.au/bushfire_conference_2023 and sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear when the equally exciting remainder of our conference program is announced.

Tell us... who are you most excited to hear from and why?

01/04/2023

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‘Koori Country Firesticks Aboriginal Corporation (KCFSAC) is a non for profit organisation that aim to revive Traditional Aboriginal cultural practices of burning Country as an alternative approach to Hazard Reduction techniques used by private and public landholders and managers. KCFSAC primary objective is to care for Country (Our Mother Earth), regardless of tenure or ownership. This knowledge has been passed onto KCFSAC by Aboriginal Cultural Elders and knowledge holders. Whilst the Australian landscape is broad and extremely diverse, it is the underlying principles and methodologies of Aboriginal cultural burning that remain the same. KCFSAC now pass on this knowledge to other Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to help restore Country that has been impacted by wild fire, the absence of fire and or infestation of exotic weeds. Cultural burning also acts to reduce dangerous fuel loads that surround urban development and regional towns and properties’.