Victor Steffensen
Co-Founder of the National Indigenous Fire Workshops & Author of Fire Country
Profile
Victor Steffensen is an Indigenous writer, filmmaker, musician and consultant applying traditional knowledge values in a contemporary context through creative, practical and artistic projects.
He is a descendant of the Tagalaka people from the Gulf Country of North Queensland and holds a Doctorate of Environmental Science. Much of his work over the past thirty years has been based on the arts and reviving traditional knowledge for community and environmental challenges. – particularly Aboriginal fire management, through mentoring, leadership, and on-ground training with Aboriginal and non-indigenous communities both nationally and internationally.
Current Work
He is the co-founder of Firesticks, which works with communities across Australia.
Victor has published a best-selling book called Fire Country which has been a major reference to his work.
He has also published the children’s book Looking After Country With Fire. He has also published songs, “Cool Burning” and “Great Land” through his music label Mulong.
Feedback
Victor was very engaging with over 500 tickets sold both in Australia and internationally. The audience provided so many lovely questions and comments.
