Zola, Nelly.

Koorie plants, Koorie people : traditional Aboriginal food, fibre and healing plants of Victoria / Nelly Zola and Beth Gott. - xi, 71 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.

Includes illustrations by Aboriginal artists: Flourishing / Belle Martin; East Gippsland bush / Rachel Mullett; The hunt / Gayle Maddigan. Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 66-67.

Introduction -- Preface -- Gathering food plants -- Living water -- Cooking -- The coast -- The dry country -- Mountain forests -- Plains and open forests -- Medicines -- Fibre -- Gardens for viewing Aboriginal plants.

Extensively illustrated book identifying Victorian plants used by Aborigines for food, medicines, implements, shelters, canoes and other uses arranged by type of environment; botanical and relevant language names given for plants.

1875606106 : $19.95

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Aboriginal Australians--Food--Victoria.
Aboriginal Australians--Medicine--Victoria.
Plants, Useful--Victoria.
Aboriginal Australians--Ethnobotany.--Victoria
Aboriginal Australians--Medicine.--Victoria
Aboriginal Australians--Food.--Victoria
Medicinal plants--Victoria.
Wild foods--Victoria.
Wild plants, Edible--Victoria.
Aboriginal Australians--Ethnobotany--Victoria.
Aboriginal Australians--Medicine--Victoria.
Aboriginal Australians--Food--Victoria.

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