Aboriginal plant use in south eastern Australia - Australian National ...
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Leaves, flowers and seed pod of Blackwood<br />
Bulrush, Cumbungi<br />
Typha species<br />
Blackwood<br />
Acacia melanoxylon<br />
Habitat: High ra<strong>in</strong>fall forests<br />
Season: Spr<strong>in</strong>g – Summer flower<strong>in</strong>g<br />
The f<strong>in</strong>e hard wood of this wattle made<br />
strong spear-throwers, boomerangs, clubs<br />
and shields <strong>in</strong> parts of Victoria.<br />
People soaked the bark <strong>in</strong> water to bathe<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>ful jo<strong>in</strong>ts. The <strong>in</strong>ner bark was <strong>use</strong>d to<br />
make str<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Return<strong>in</strong>g boomerang made by Laddie Timbery of Huskisson, NSW <strong>in</strong> 1990.<br />
The timber <strong>use</strong>d is Blackwood.<br />
This aquatic <strong>plant</strong> grows all over <strong>Australia</strong>. The<br />
underground stems (rhizomes) are rich <strong>in</strong> starch and can<br />
be cooked by steam<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> an earth oven. After steam<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
the rhizomes can be chewed to remove the starch and the<br />
rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g fibre <strong>use</strong>d to make str<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The young shoots were eaten raw as a salad. This<br />
<strong>plant</strong> was the most important food for people liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
along the Murray Darl<strong>in</strong>g River systems.<br />
Technique <strong>use</strong>d for nets made<br />
from str<strong>in</strong>g of Bulrush fibres.<br />
Bulrush<br />
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS 3.
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