Bush Tucker is Australian Native Food & Plants. Well before the arrival of the Europeans, Australian Aboriginies made extremely good use of naturally available foods found on the land.

Living off the land, meant that the Aboriginies had to make use of what was available at any given time of the year, and generally from within their own tribal areas. Generation after generation, by word of mouth, they passed down their methods of preparation of the plants or their fruits. This local knowledge also included the best times to harvest them. As some plants or their fruits can be toxic at certain times throughout the year.

Bush Tucker Dreaming

This painting also depicts other bush tucker like honey ants which are found by digging deep into sandy ground by Aboriginal Women with their digging sticks, collecting them in their coolamons and taking them back to camp to share with their families. The honey ant is a nutritious source of vitamins for aboriginals and is far sweeter than normal bees honey.

Here is a short list of some of the foods commonly used by Australian Aboriginies.

Artist - Janet Forrester Ngala
Witchety Grub Dreaming

This painting depicts the different kinds of Bush Tucker found in outback Australia. In the centre of the painting the white design within the circle, depict the witchety grubs, the larval stage of a moth, considered a delicacy food by Central Desert Aboriginals.

The circle also represents the circle of life itself. Surrounding them is the root system of the witchety tree- Acacia Kempeana, where the grubs are found. The outer edges of the painting illustrate the Bush Banana plant with its radiating vines called Langua.

Bush Tucker - Yams