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Australian Plant Bibliography |
A bibliography of bush-foods and Aboriginal uses, prepared by the Library staff at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Books
Aboriginal Education Resource Unit (1990) 'Bush food poster kit.' 20 prints.
Bonney, N. (1994) 'Uses of native plants in the south east of South Australia by the indigenous peoples before 1839.' Southeast Book Promotions; Narracoorte, SA. 36 pp.
Brand Miller, J. (1993)'Tables of composition of Australian Aboriginal foods.' Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra. 256 pp.
Brown, Anne (1996). ‘Aboriginal bush tucker of the Murray Basin: observations from the journals and manuscripts of early European settlers and explorers’ Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, Vic. 15pp.
Bruneteau, J.P. (1996) 'Tukka : real Australian food'. Angus & Robertson, Sydney. 225 pp.
Carey, M. and P. Gow (1998)'Bushfood plants for cold climates : a guide to useful and edible Australian native plants for frosty places'. South Coast Flora. 30 pp.
Cherikoff, V. & Isaacs, J. (1991) 'The bush food handbook : how to gather, grow, process and cook Australian wild foods'. Ti Tree Press, Balmain, N.S.W. 208 pp.
Cooper, W. and W.T. Cooper (1994) 'Fruits of the rain forest: a guide to fruits in Australian tropical rain forests.' Geo. 326 pp. Cribb, A.B. & Cribb, J.W. (1975) 'Wild food in Australia'. Fontana, Sydney. 240 pp.
Daw, Brad, Walley, Trevor, & Keighery, Gregory J. (1997) ‘Bush Tucker: plants of the south-west’. Como, W.A: Dept. of Conservation and Land Management. 64pp.
Edgar, Jack (1987) ‘Mayi: some bush fruits of Dampierland’ Magabala Books, W.A. 60pp.
Graham. C. & Hart, D. (1997) 'Prospects for the Australian native bushfood industry'. Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation, Canberra. 74 pp.
Isaacs, J. (1987) 'Bushfood: Aboriginal food and herbal medicine'. Weldons, McMahons Point, N.S.W. 256 pp.
Isaacs, J. (1992) ‘Bush food’ Council for Aboriginal Recognition & ATSIC, Canberra. 15pp.
Isaacs, J. (1996) 'A companion guide to bush food'. Lansdowne, Sydney. 158 pp.
Jones, Christine A. (1998) ‘Edible bush foods’. AUSBUSHPRO, S.A. 1v.
Jones, Christine A. (1996) ‘Selected plant food species and bush food crops’. AUSBUSHPRO, S.A. 1v.
Jones, Christine A. (1996) ‘An annotated bibliography of native Australian bush foods”. AUSBUSHPRO, S.A. 1v.
Kay, Joyce (1998) 'Australian bushfood plants : an educator's resource.' Mooloolaba, Qld.: Terra Gelaeran, 1998.
Low, T. (1991) 'Wild food plants of Australia'. Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, N.S.W. 240 pp.
Palmer, Kingsley (1999) ‘Swinging the billy: indigenous and other styles of Australian bush cooking’ Aboriginalk Studies Press, Canberra. 79pp.
Robins, J. (1996) 'Wild lime : cooking from the bushfood garden'. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, N.S.W. 210 pp.
Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (1997) 'R&D plan for the Australian bushfood industry: 1998-2002'. RIRDC Barton. 18 pp.
Satterthwait, Leonn. (1990) 'Hunting and gathering.' Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. 19 pp.
Stewart, K. & Percival, B. (1997) 'Bush foods of New South Wales: a botanic record and an Aboriginal oral history'. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 52 pp.
Wightman, G.M. & Andrews, M. (1991) 'Bush tucker identikit: common native food plants of Australia's top end'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 65 pp.
Journals
Australian Bushfoods Magazine, Maleny, Qld. 1997.
Southern Bushfood Network Newsletter, Thornbury, Vic. 1996.
Audio-visual
‘Bush tucker man’ (1996). Natural Learning and ABCTV. 1CD-Rom.
Campbell, Malcolm (1996)'Bush tucker plus'. Gardening Australia. VHS.
Crooke, Marion (1989) ‘Bush Tucker, healing plants and seafoods. Diabetes in the Koorie community. Koorie health today’ Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne. VHS
‘Using bush foods’ (1998). Video Education Australasia, Vic. VHS.
Web
The Australian Bushfood Ring - Independent Resources for Bushtucker Enthusiasts
(Bushfood Forum) - http://www.bushfood.net/
Books
Cribb, A.B. & Cribb, J.W. (1981) 'Wild medicine in Australia'. Fontana, Sydney. 228 pp.
Henshall, Tom (1980) ‘Ngurrju maninja kurlangu: yapa nyurnu kurlangu = Bush medicine’ Warlpiri Literature Production Centre. 24pp.
Kyriazis, S. (1995) 'Bush medicine of the northern peninsula area of Cape York'. Nai Beguta Agama Aboriginal Corporation. 39 pp.
Lassak, E.V. & McCarthy, T. (1983) 'Australian medicinal plants'. Methuen, North Ryde, N.S.W. 240 pp.
Low, T. (1990) 'Bush medicine: a pharmacopoeia of natural remedies'. Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, N.S.W. 238 pp.
Sked, Jan (199?) ‘Bush medicine’. Pine Rivers Branch, SGAP, Qld. 13pp.
'Traditional Aboriginal medicines in the Northern Territory of Australia'. (1993) Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 651 pp.
'Traditional bush medicines: an Aboriginal pharmacopoeia'. (1988) Greenhouse Publications, Richmond, Vic. 256 pp.
Wightman, G.M. & Mills, L. (1991) 'Bush medicine identikit: common medicinal plants of Australia's top end'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 65 pp.
Books
'Aboriginal plant use in south-eastern Australia'. (1995) Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra. 16 pp.
Bindon, P. (1996) 'Useful bush plants'. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 286 pp.
Bonney, N. (1994) 'Uses of native plants in the south east of South Australia by the indigenous peoples before 1839'. SEBP, Naracoorte, S.A. 36 pp.
Cribb, A.B. & Cribb, J.W. (1982) 'Useful wild plants in Australia'. Fontana, Sydney. 269 pp.
Goddard, C. & Kalotas, A. (eds.) (1995) 'Punu: Yankunytjatjara plant use: traditional methods of preparing foods, medicines, utensils and weapons from native plants'. IAD Press, Alice Springs, N.T. 166 pp.
Gott, B. & Conran, J. (1991) 'Victorian Koorie plants: some plants used by Victorian Koories for food, fibre, medicines and implements'. Yangennanock Women's Group, Hamilton, Vic. 71 pp.
Greening Australia Victoria. (1994) 'Traditional uses of indigenous plants: "food for thought"'. 8pp.
Latz, P. (1995) 'Bushfires and bushtucker: Aboriginal plant use in central Australia'. IAD Press, Alice Springs, N.T. 400 pp.
Leiper, G. (1984) 'Mutooroo: plant use of Australian Aboriginal people'. Eagleby South State School, Eagleby, Qld. 80 pp.
Levitt, D. (1981) 'Plants and people: Aboriginal uses of plants of Groote Eylandt'. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. 166 pp.
Marrfurra, P. ...[et al.] (1995) 'Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngangiwumirri ethnobotany : Aboriginal plant us from the Daly River area, Northern Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 112 pp.
Paddy, E., Paddy, S. & Smith, M. (1987?) 'Boonja bardak korn : all trees are good for something'. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 32 pp.
Roberts, J., Fisher, C., & Gibson, R. (1995) 'A guide to traditional Aboriginal rainforest plant use'. Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Inc., Mossman, Qld. 36 pp.
Smith, N. ... [et al] (1993) 'Ngarinyman ethnobotany : Aboriginal plant use from the Victoria River area, Northern Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 64 pp.
Smith, N.M. & Wightman, G.M. (1990) 'Ethnobotanical notes from Belyuen Northern Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 31 pp.
Smith, S. (1991) 'Fruits of the forest: as gathered by the Jirrbal and Girramay people'. Queensland Dept of Education, Brisbane. 25 pp.
Sola, N. & Gott, B. (1992) 'Koorie plants, Koorie people: traditional Aboriginal food, fibre and healing plants of Victoria'. Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne. 71 pp.
Stewart, Kathy (1997) Bush foods of New South Wales: a botanic record and an Aboriginal oral history. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 52 p.
Symons, P. & Symons, S. (1994) 'Bush heritage: an introduction to the history of plant and animal use by Aboriginal people and colonists in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas'. Pat and Sim Symons, Nambour, Qld. 106 pp.
Turner, M. (1994) 'Arrernte foods: foods from central Australia'. IAD Press, Alice Springs, N.T. 70 pp.
Wightman, G. (1992) 'Mudburra ethnobotany: Aboriginal plant use from Kulumindini (Elliot), Northern Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 44 pp.
Wightman, G. (1994) 'Gurindji ethnobotany: Aboriginal plant use from Daguragu, Northern Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 76 pp.
Wightman, G., Roberts, J.G. & Williams, L. (1992) 'Mangarrayi ethnobotany: Aboriginal plant use from the Elsey area, Northern Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 60 pp.
Wightman, G.M., Jackson, D.M. & Williams, L.L.V. (1991) 'Alawa ethnobotany: Aboriginal plant use from Minerri, Northern Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 36 pp.
Yunupinu, B. ...[et al.] (1995) 'Rirratjinu ethnobotany: Aboriginal plant use from Yirrkala, Arnhem land, Australia'. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 112 pp.