Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Persons involved Preparation Cooking method
Game
Kangaroo Mallee,
river plains All year Tracked,
Hunted
Stalked Spear
Woomera- club
Boomerang Males 1-6 Gutted
Joey's Skinned,
Sinews removed Singed, Cooked in coal / Under ground, Cut and shared
Emu Mallee All year Tracked
Stalked
Using Emu's instinctive curiosity Nets,
Spear,
Woomera,
Club,
Boomerang Males 1-6 Feathers removed
gutted Cooked in coals / Under ground
cut /shared
Possums Scrub, Bush All year Caught in hollow trees Club
digging stick Males Gutted,
skinned Cooked in coals
Wombat Burrows in higher ground Spring to autumn Trapped, netted Nets, clubs Males Gutted, Singed Hole covered with ashes
Reptiles
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Persons involved Preparation Cooking method
Snakes Sandhills
Scrub
Bush
Waterways Summer Tracked
Dug out Digging stick Male
Female Not applicable Coked in ashes
Lizards Sandhills
Scrub
Bush Summer Tracked
dug out Digging stick Male
Female
Children Not applicable Cooked in ashes
Frogs Waterways
Swamps Warm weather Gathered
Caught Digging stick
Bag Female
Children Not applicable Cooked in coals
Insects
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Persons involved Preparation Cooking method
Witchetty Grubs Red Gum tree Spring
Summer Dug out of trees Barbed stick or grass Male
Female
Children Not Applicable Cooked in ashes
Birds
Ducks
Swans Waterways
Swamps All year except breeding time Stalked
hunted into nets Large nets
Boomerangs
Clubs Males Packed in mud/ clay Cooked in coals
Galahs
Pigeons
other smal birds Bush, scrub All season except breeding time Caught by nets nets Males
Youths Plucked and gutted Cooked in underground oven
Mallee fowls
Turkey Mallee scrub All year except breeding time Stalked Nets and stick Males Plucked and gutted
(feathers kept) Cooked in underground oven
Eggs
Including turtle Trees, in / on ground
reed nest not applicable Gathered Bags Females
Children not applicable Eaten raw or boiled
Sugars
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Persons involved Preparation Cooking method
(Exudates) Lerp Gum leaves
Trees Late summer Picked
Gathered Bark dishes Females
Children Not applicable Eaten raw
Manna Leaves/Grass Late summer Picked
Gathered Bark dishes No further infomation No further infomation No further infomation
Nectar Flowers All year Sucked
gathered Bark dishes Everyone Squeezed into water No further information
Honey Ants Mulga scrub, land and plains After rain in dry areas Dug and gathered Digging sticks and bark dish Females
Children Honey sac removed Sucked Sac
Sugar and exudates
Honey Hollow trees Spring to summer Smoked out bees, climbed trees, chopped hole pulled out of hive or grass sponge Stone axe
Bark dish Males No further information Eaten raw
(with Bunup)
Aboriginal bread
Tree exudates Trunks
Branches Summer Picked off,
Scraped Sharp sticks Everyone No further information No further information
Fungi
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Persons involved Preparation Cooking method
Black fellows bread
(Tubar) Underground Autumn Dug up Digging stick
Bark dish Females No further information Eaten raw
Salt
Salt Dry water courses All year Gathered Bark dish Females No further information Used with food
when available
Water
Water River / lakes,
Tree roots,
soakes, Tree hollows
Dew on grass All year Drunk/carried
Roots dug out & squeezed
Sucked through hollow.
Dug, Stem,
Soaked in grass sponge Bark dishes,
sharp stone
Digging stick
Grass sponge
Hollow reed
Bark stem Males
Females Not applicable Not applicable
Food from water
Fish Rivers
Lakes Anytime but breeding season
during flood (Aug-
Sept-
Oct) Hooked
Netted
Trapped
Speared Lines
bone
hooks
nets
stone
reed or timber-traps
spears Males Making of clay
balls Cased in mud
Clay ball cooking
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Person involved Preparation Cooking
Crayfish Fresh river
Creeks
lagoons Winter Nets Nets Everyone No further information Hole covered
with ashes
Yabbies
Shrimps Fresh water
Rivers
Creeks
Lagoons Summer Nets
Dug out of
banks Nets,
Dilly bags
Digging stick Everyone No further information Hole covered
with ashes
Turtles Rivers
Lakes October
March Netted Nets Males No further
information Hole covered
with ashes or
cooked in coals toast
Mussels In river bed
(sand) Summer Dug
Dived for Hands and feet
Bag Females No further
information Holes covered
with ashes
Water rats Banks of
water holes
Rivers Winter Netted in
hollow logs Nets
By hand Males Gutted and
skinned Hole covered
with ashes
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Person involved Preparation Cooking
Water plant
Bulb and
stalk Billabongs Spring to
Autumn Dived
Picked Hands
Dilly bags Females
Children Sometimes
skinned Sometimes eaten raw
Sometimes steamed
Underground food
Yams
Common Reed
(Shoot &
rhizome) Marshes Spring Picked
Dug Digging sticks
Bags
Bark dishes Females No further
information Covered with ashes
or eaten raw
Cumbungi
(shoots) Marshes Spring Picked
dug Digging sticks
Bags
Bark dishes Females Cut off lower part Boiled
eaten raw
Bracken
(roots) Anywhere Autumn Dug Diging sticks No further
information Ground
beaten into paste Cooked in
ashes
Wild onions Dry areas Autumn Dug Digging stick Females No further
information Cooked in
ashes
Eaten raw
Fruit
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Person involved Preparation Cooking
Quandongs Mallee Spring
summer Picked Bark disk Females
Children Kernel crush
made into paste
oil extracted Flesh eaten
raw or dried
Wild tomatoes
2 Varieties Mallee Summer Picked Bark dish Females
Children A) toxic juice,
squeezed out
B)Non-toxic Cooked in ashes
hole for juice to escape
Eaten raw
Berries
Toxic
non-toxic Mallee
low and tall
bushes Autumn Picked Bark dish Females
Children A) toxic juice
squeezed out
B)Non-toxic Eaten raw if
non-toxic
Seeds
Nardoo Swamps Late summer
Autumn Gathered Bark dish
grinding stone Females Grinding making
into paste Cooked in
ashes
pancake
Food Place Seasons Collection Implements Person involved Preparation Cooking
Grass seeds Mallee
Scrubland Summer Gathered Bark dish
Grinding stone Females Winnowing
Grinding
Making into
paste Cooked in
ashes
Pittosporum Scrub Summer
Autumn Gathered Bark dish
Grinding stone Females Grinding
paste Cooked in
ashes
Wattle
Acacia
toxic
non-toxic Scrub Autumn Gathered Bark dish Females No further
information seeds eaten
raw
Salt bush Scrub Spring
Autumn Gathered Bark dish
grinding stone Females Grinding
make dough Cooked in coals
Can be eaten as vegetables
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bangercc/bushtuckerlist.html
Kindly provided by the Swan Hill Aboriginal Learning Centre.
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