Stock Library: Bush Tucker


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Young girl & mother with wattle grubs (Witchetty grubs) collected from Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) stocked in shop for fishermen’s bait. Cressy, Tasmania.
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© Esther Beaton

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Wattle grubs (Witchetty grubs) collected from Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) stocked in shop for fishermen’s bait. Cressy, Tasmania.
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© Esther Beaton

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Wattle grubs (Witchetty grubs) in metal compartments collected from Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) used for fishermen’s bait. Cressy, Tasmania.
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© Esther Beaton

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Young girl with wattle grubs (Witchetty grubs) collected from Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) stocked in shop for fishermen’s bait. Cressy, Tasmania.
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© Esther Beaton

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Fresh shoots of Common Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) in sandy soil. Iluka Beach, Booderee NP, Jervis Bay, NSW.
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© Esther Beaton

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Fresh shoots of Common Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) in sandy soil. Iluka Beach, Booderee NP, Jervis Bay, NSW.
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© Esther Beaton

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Coral Fungus (probably Clavulinopsis amoena) on rainforest floor with Lilly Pilly berries and curled up millipede. Royal National Park, NSW. Edible.
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© Esther Beaton

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Centre of crown of a Soft Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica). Central Highlands, Victoria. Starchy apex of trunk eaten by aborigines and possums.
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© Esther Beaton

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Centre of crown of a Soft Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica). Central Highlands, Victoria. Starchy apex of trunk eaten by aborigines and possums.
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© Esther Beaton

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Fresh shoots of Common Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) in sandy soil. Iluka Beach, Booderee NP, Jervis Bay, NSW.
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© Esther Beaton

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Branch of Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) native to SE Queensland.
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© Esther Beaton

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Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii). L: male cones; R: female cone and seeds. Southeastern Australia. Edible nuts.
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© Esther Beaton

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Lilly Pilly (Acmena smithii) berries on tree. Fam. Myrtaceae. Jervis Bay National Park, Australia. Popular fruit.
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© Esther Beaton

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Seed pods of Acacia complanata from southeastern Australia.
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© Esther Beaton

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Seed pods of Forest Wattle (Acacia frigescens) showing pink arils, fallen on a mossy log. Central Highlands, Victoria.
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© Esther Beaton