Interesting link(s)

[Ed Dunkel]

I'll start adding links to this post that I come across, feel free to add any relevant interesting links.

http://sites.uws.edu.au/vip/listerp/tek.htm

(general information on Aboriginal plant use and specific information on traditional indigenous knowledge. An overview of the bushfood industry and also links to useful ethnobotanical sites.)

[ 17. September 2004, 10:44: Message edited by: Ed Dunkel ]

[Ed Dunkel]

CSIRO - Lands and Water & RIRDC

Australian Native Foods website:

http://www.clw.csiro.au/nativefoods/

CSIRO is working in conjunction with Aboriginal communities and Australian industry to learn more about ‘bush tucker’ and put Australian native foods on the menu.

The benefits of cultivating Australian native foods include:

* Conserves wild resources and helps protect biodiversity

* Utilises Aboriginal knowledge and values traditional lore

* Contributes to combating salinity problems by introducing more perennials

* Encourages farmers to diversify from traditional crops

* Creates incomes and jobs for Aboriginal and rural communities.

List of plants:

Acacias

Bush Tomatoes

Citrus

Davidson Plums

Illawarra Plums

Lemon Aspen

Lemon Myrtle

Mountain Pepper

Muntries

Quandong

Riberries

[JumpedAngel]

i suppose, if you are a local person, then you might try

http://www.kuranga.com.au

and drop in, they have a pamphlette that they distribute with a list of 17 non-local backyard bush-food plants which they distribute and also a list of some 26 local usefull plants which they would most likely stock also, for example i bought my quandong and parasitic host plants there.

My own web site will give you a neccesary lesson on acacia tears, if you are interested in bush survival foods

and i've also found the following sites to be usefull.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~greenlnk/p-usage.htm

http://www.rumbalara-e.schools.nsw.edu.au/...cker/Intro1.htm

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/bushtucker/index.html

http://sres.anu.edu.au/associated/fpt/nwfp/nwfp.html

one thing i want to mention though is that i'm not really impressed with this aboriginal claim to local plant knowledge, and i'm certainly not impressed with the idea of dying a horrible death out there because some tight-arse claims knowledge to be his/hers personal property!.