Bush Food, 9781864368161
Paperback
Unearth ancient Aboriginal survival skills: Discover food, medicine, and wisdom.

Bush Food

Aboriginal Food & Herbal Medicine

$49.35

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    31 July 2002

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Summary

For perhaps fifty thousand years the Aboriginal people have lived, and lived well, in Australia. They have developed a unique knowledge of native plants and a deep understanding of the value of many animal products.

Bush Food is an exploration of these traditional skills and a compendium of the kinds of foods eaten by Aborigines. It indicates how food is caught or gathered, hunted or picked, how it is prepared and cooked, and what nutritional value it has. It considers, too, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781864368161
ISBN-10:1864368160
Author:Jennifer Isaacs
Publisher:New Holland Publishers
Imprint:New Holland Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:31 July 2002
Weight:300g
Dimensions:298mm x 210mm x 16mm
About The Author

Jennifer Isaacs

Jennifer Isaacs AM is a prominent Australian writer, art consultant and independent curator. A pioneer in moves to gain respect for Aboriginal culture, she is the author of seminal books on Aboriginal art, religion, plant use, food, medicine and oral history. In 2003 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work promoting Aboriginal culture and assisting Aboriginal artists.

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