A LIVING HISTORY BLOG.

18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.

Sunday 26 August 2018

Gin, guns and getaways: How a bushranger gang pulled off Australia's largest gold heist


What You Need To Know About Eating Bracken Fiddle heads!!!


As woodsmen & woods women we spend a good deal of time in the woods whenever we can, one of the things many of us do is seek out wild edible foods to supplement foods that we are carrying. Bracken fiddle heads are widely known to be an edible food, BUT, they can also be dangerous to eat! These fiddle heads are carcinogenic, they are less so if cooked/boiled, but never totally safe! My advice is to not eat them at all unless it was an emergency & there was no other sources of food available. Personally I can't see this happening, we nearly always have the option of eating fresh game. You can survive up to roughly three weeks without food depending on your health, your exertion levels & you must have a good drinking water supply.




Sunday 19 August 2018

Debarking Dead Trees, Shelter Roofing, Cordage Material & Bush Tucker B...




Debarked standing tree using a steel hatchet. This could have been done by a Woodsman or an Aboriginal.




At least two sheets of bark were removed from this standing tree using a stone axe, probably done by an Aboriginal.

Friday 3 August 2018

Wilderness Living. Therapeutic Uses & Other Benefits and Claims of Agave Americana/Century Plant.

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This plant can also be found growing wild in Australia.
The inner core of the flower stem makes excellent tinder.
SWEETENER
MEDICINE
SOAP
NEEDLE AND THREAD
ROPE
FOOD
PAPER
FIREWOOD
TINDER from the inner core of the flower stem.




Thursday 2 August 2018