Noongar Bush Tucker
bush food plants and fungi of the south-west of western australia
$31.99
- Paperback
442 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2019
Summary
Noongar Bush Tucker: Rediscovering the Larder of the First Australians
Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from disease, with more exercise, less stress and supportive communities.
Today, in Aboriginal communities all over Australia, there are higher instances of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, renal disease, some types of cancer and lung diseases th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760800420 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760800422 |
| Author: | Vivienne Hansen, John Horsfall |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 442 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 638g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 154mm x 229mm |
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About The Author
Vivienne Hansen
Vivienne ‘Binyarn’ Hansen is a Balladong Wadjuk Yorga woman from the Bibbulmun Nation, or Noongar people, of the south-west of Western Australia. After a childhood of learning about traditional medicine, Vivienne undertook formal training at the Marr Mooditj Foundation and completed Certificate IV in Bush and Western Herbal Medicine. She was also the first Indigenous member of the National Herbalist Association of Australia and presented at the 7th International Conference on Herbal Medicine in 2010.
John Horsfall has had a long career as a Mental Health and General Nurse. He has taught at the Western Australian School of Nursing and, later, at the Curtin University Centre for Aboriginal Studies. He was the Training Coordinator at the Specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Service in Perth before retiring in 2013.
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