Bush Foods of New South Wales, A Botanic Record and an Aboriginal Oral History

Description

The close association Aboriginal people in Australia have with plants has developed since time began – countless thousands of years. Plants were their greatest resource and were widely utilized. They provided Aboriginal people with a diet rich in all vitamins and fiber necessary for a healthy lifestyle. Aboriginal people were very skilled in the selection of plants for all tasks in hand: from clothing, food and medicine to weapons, shelter and dyes.