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Low, Tim, 1956-

Bush tucker : Australias wild food harvest / Tim Low. - Pymble, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1989. - 233 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Bibliography; p. 222-224; Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 222-224.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 222-224.

Uses of wild foods; plant use; medicinal use of plants; Uluru; Yarrabah; foods of the First Fleet; wild coffees; wild teas; native cherry; seashore fruits; pigfaces; rainforest fruits; outback fruits; feral fruits; seeds; nuts; beans; peas; lilies; wild orchids; cress; mustards; weeds; seaweeds; wild mushrooms; flowers; herbs; spices; gums; manna; lerp; Aboriginal game; colonial game and hunting methods; endangered species; conservation.

ISBN: 0207163731 :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Food, Wild--Australia.
Food, wild--Australia.
Natural foods.
Food - Bush tucker.
Indigenous knowledge - Botany.
Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine.
Plants - Orchids.
Settlement and contacts - First Fleet, 1788.
Fishing.
Gathering.
Hunting.
Animals - Feral animals.
Wild foods.
Wild plants, Edible.
Wild food--Australia.
Environment - Biodiversity.
Wild foods--Australia.
Biodiversity.
Aboriginal Australians--Food.
Aboriginal Australians--Medicine.
Wild plants, Edible--Australia.
Plants, Edible--Australia.
Wild foods--Australia.
Wild foods--Identification.--Australia

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Australia.
Yarrabah / Cape Grafton (NE Qld SE55-02)
Uluru / Ayers Rock (South Central NT SG52-08)
Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)

Subjects--Index Terms: Native plants. Foods. Bush food.

Dewey Class. No.: 641.300994