Koorie Plants - Koorie People

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Over 900 plants have been recorded as having been used by Aboriginal people in Victoria alone. Many of these were food plants, gathered as part of the rich and varied diet Aborigines enjoyed in south-eastern Australia before colonisation. As well as food, Aborigines used plants to make weapons, canoes, nets and baskets. In Victoria's forests they knew where to find vines which cured headaches of reduced fever. Other plants yielded fibres as fine as silk, or grew extraordinarily straight branches which were perfect for fire making. Travelling through the dry scorched Mallee, Aboriginal people knew exactly which plants held water under the desert floor and how best to obtain it.
This book takes a fascinating journey through the human history of Victoria's native plants. It contains over 150 colour photographs of plants traditionally important to the Aboriginal people who managed the natural resources of this abundant region for thousands of years.
About the Trust
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Over 900 plants have been recorded as having been used by Aboriginal people in Victoria alone. Many of these were food plants, gathered as part of the rich and varied diet Aborigines enjoyed in south-eastern Australia before colonisation. As well as food, Aborigines used plants to make weapons, canoes, nets and baskets. In Victoria's forests they knew where to find vines which cured headaches of reduced fever. Other plants yielded fibres as fine as silk, or grew extraordinarily straight branches which were perfect for fire making. Travelling through the dry scorched Mallee, Aboriginal people knew exactly which plants held water under the desert floor and how best to obtain it.
This book takes a fascinating journey through the human history of Victoria's native plants. It contains over 150 colour photographs of plants traditionally important to the Aboriginal people who managed the natural resources of this abundant region for thousands of years.
About the Trust
The Koorie Heritage Trust was established in 1985 to develop an awareness and appreciation of Victorian Aboriginal culture and to promote mutual understanding and respect between all Australians. The Trust collects, conserves and displays contemporary Aboriginal art and craft and historical cultural material at the Museum of Victoria and Aboriginal Keeping Places throughout Victoria. It maintains a travelling exhibition of Victorian Aboriginal history and culture and has recently published Koorie, an illustrated Aboriginal history.
Koorie Plants Koorie People - Winner of the CAMA Regional Museum book award for 1993. Vissza