Looking After Country with Fire wattleseed Read about the stories behind

Read about the stories behind Bayley's paintings

Designed for space-saving efficiency

Artwork: Detail from 'Punmu Waterholes' by Indigenous artist

Quite by accident

This painting has many secret and sacred landmarks and iconography but also includes the important fire

Looking After Country with Fire wattleseed Read about the stories behindLooking After Country with Fire is a picture book for 5 to 10 year olds that demonstrates respect for Indigenous knowledge, following the success of Victor Steffensen's bestselling adult book Fire Country. Mother Nature has a language. If we listen, and read the signs in the land, we can understand it. For thousands of years, First Nations people have listened and responded to the land and made friends with fire, using this knowledge to encourage