Geophagy: The Earth Eaters of Lower Southwestern Australia
An explanation of how one of the oldest cultures in the world used modified earth to stave off the pangs of hunger…..
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Root Bark Eating in Southwestern Australia
Root bark is a little understood bush tucker that was once consumed by the indigenous Nyoongar people of inland southwestern Australia.1 The bark was collected to extract nutritious plant sugars found in the inner bark and vascular cambium of the roots of certain species of Eucalyptus trees. The living inner bark and vascular tissue forms … Continued
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