For the firefighters of Australia’s first all-female indigenous fire crew, the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust Country Fire Authority (CFA), keeping their land safe from the deadly bushfires that have shocked the country is just one part of their mission.
As their founder and leader Charmaine Sellings explained in video for ABC Gippsland, “We know how important it is to our community. We think of the safety [of] our elders and we think about the younger generations.”