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Fred Cahir

Associate Professor at Federation University
Verified email at federation.edu.au
Cited by 500

[BOOK][B] Black gold: Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria, 1850-1870

F Cahir - 2012 - library.oapen.org
Fred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian
goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first history of Aboriginal–white …

Winda Lingo Parugoneit or Why Set the Bush [On] Fire? Fire and Victorian Aboriginal People on the Colonial Frontier

F Cahir, S McMaster, I Clark, R Kerin… - Australian Historical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
There is an ethnographic and historical record that, despite its paucity, can offer specific insight
into various contextual matters (purpose, motivations, acknowledgement) relating to how …

[BOOK][B] Aboriginal biocultural knowledge in south-eastern Australia: Perspectives of early colonists

F Cahir, I Clark, P Clarke - 2018 - books.google.com
Indigenous Australians have long understood sustainable hunting and harvesting, seasonal
changes in flora and fauna, predator–prey relationships and imbalances, and seasonal fire …

Volcanism in aboriginal Australian oral traditions: Ethnographic evidence from the Newer Volcanics Province

B Wilkie, F Cahir, ID Clark - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article collects and presents nineteenth-century ethnographic evidence from the Newer
Volcanics Province of Australia and explores how volcanism was recorded and understood …

The historic importance of the dingo in Aboriginal society in Victoria (Australia): A reconsideration of the archival record

F Cahir, I Clark - Anthrozoös, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Dingoes feature prominently in Australian Aboriginal Creation stories and are also widely
regarded as having an intricate relationship with Aboriginal people. A large volume of …

[BOOK][B] The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills: forgotten narratives

I Clark, F Cahir - 2013 - books.google.com
… Professor Ian Clark and Dr Fred Cahir from the University of Ballarat… In creating this book
Professor Clark and Dr Cahir have … explorers Fred Cahir.............................................................. 149 …

The centrality of Aboriginal cultural workshops and experiential learning in a pre-service teacher education course: a regional Victorian University case study

SL Weuffen, F Cahir, AM Pickford - Higher Education Research & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This paper discusses a cross-cultural pedagogical approach, couched in a theory–practice
nexus, used at a Victorian regional university to guide non-Indigenous pre-service teachers’ (…

Dallong-Possum skin rugs: A study of an inter-cultural trade item in Victoria

F Cahir - Provenance, 2005 - search.informit.org
Fred Cahir is a PhD candidate and Eco-Tourism teacher at the University of Ballarat. His
previous publications and MA thesis have centred on the history of inter-racial relationships …

[PDF][PDF] 12. Why did squatters in colonial Victoria use Indigenous placenames for their sheep stations?

FD Cahir - Indigenous and Minority Placenames, 2014 - library.oapen.org
The archival records of many squatters in 19th century Victoria (formerly known as the Port
Phillip District) often contain brief references to the processes involved in and decisions that …

Koalas–Agents for Change: A case study from regional Victoria

…, B Kentish, G McGinnis, ID Clark, T Cadman, FD Cahir… - 2022 - acquire.cqu.edu.au
We investigated the success of the Koala Conservation and Education Program conducted
in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia from 2000-2009 by interviewing 28 individuals, from various …