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Australian Medicinal Plants
Australian Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for all those interested in herbal medicine, Aboriginal culture and Australian flora. This book covers both the Aboriginal use of native plants and how first settlers used them and learnt of their medicinal values. Contains colour photos of important species and drawings etc.
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The Australian Yabby Farmer
This book presents the basic information on the Yabby, its habitat, its health and nutriution requirements. The book covers pond management, production systems, equipment, harvesting, post harvest handling and marketing to the end product. It also has sections on other freshwater crayfish including marron and red claw.
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Bush Fires & Bush Tucker
Peter Latz's definitive book on native food plants in central Australia is a must have for anyone interested in Aboriginal culture in our spectacular central deserts. This contains very detailed information on the different main species used and how to identify them in the deserts and how they were and are still used traditionally. Very comprehensive and way ahead of other books on the topic. Works with the companion field guide of the same name.
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Bush Food Aboriginal Food & Herbal Medicine
Bush Food - Aboriginal Food & Herbal Medicine is a wonderful exploration of the traditional and contemporary association of Aboriginal Australians with native plants and animals in tropical savannah environments. It documents the collection, preparation, cooking and eating techniques of many native fruits, tubers, vegetables, seeds, insects, marine and terrestrial animals. A specific and book that explores its content with depth, sincerity and passion.
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Bush Tucker Field Guide by Les Hiddins
A great little field guide for anyone travelling to or living in our Tropical North. This is the companion guide to the reference book Explore Australia with the Bush Tucker Man and features over 175 species with a page for each species. The book is divided into color coded sections such as tree, grass, vine, parasite, aquatic, tuber etc and also has a section on animal & insect foods. Well published and bound with some great photos and interesting facts as you would expect from any of Hiddins' publications.
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Explore Wild Australia with the Bush Tucker Man
A Flawlessly published, information packed, full colour book very true to its title. Essential for anyone travelling up north to the tropical half of Australia with detailed maps, local contact information & phone numbers, amazing cultural and natural history stories as you would expect from Hiddins and of course the Bush Tucker guide featuring 175 species all with great photos. A great reference & travel planning book for any collection, it has the Bush Tucker Field Guide & The Bush Tucker Map & Guide as its companions.
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Edible Wattle Seeds of South East Australia
A very focussed book describing 47 species of edible wattle with extended reviews and discussion on the 2 most promising/utilised species. Excellent quality of information, photos of every species with distribution maps and very good identification guides to use in the field. Also raises some discussion on plantation, harvest and post harvest issues, nutrition etc.
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Grow Your Own Bushfoods
A great little book featuring growing tips and techniques, natural history and historical information on over 140 species of Australian native food plants. Perfect for any green thumb with an interest in native plants that have or would like to have a bushtucker garden. Also has some good natural history information, written by the founders of Earth Garden Magazine.
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Tables of Composition of Australian Aboriginal Foods
This book contains the first comprehensive set of tables of nutritional composistion of Australian indigenous foods. The data is drawn from over 1200 samples representing 500 diferent bushfoods and includes figures for most nutritional constituents and trace minerals.
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Wild Food Plants: Field Guide by Tim Lowe
Australian Wild Food Plants: Fieldguide is THE Fieldguide to have, especially if you are in the southern or eastern states where most of us live. It details 180 plants with perfect colour photographs,distribution map, habitat, common & latin names, Field notes and Uses all sprinkled with some interesting cultural history. Very robust and easy to use, Essential for any bush rambler!
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