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| − | The word '''Bushfood''' refers to any [[Australia]]n native food, although it sometimes is used with the specific connotation of "food found in the [[Outback]] while living on the land". It is also called '''bushtucker'''.
| + | A '''message stick''' is a form of [[communication]] traditionally used by [[Indigenous Australians]]. It is usually a solid piece of wood, around 20-30cm in length, etched with angular lines and dots. |
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| − | In the last decade, industry groups such as the Southern Bushfood Association, the Queensland Bushfood Association, the Northern Bushfood Association, and many others have been pushing for the introduction of bushfood as genuine cuisine in Australian and international restaurants. The term "Bushfood" is the current term for Australian native cuisine, evolving from the older-style "bushtucker" which was used in the 1970s and 1980s. The word "bushfood" was chosen to reflect the sustainable nature of the industry's products, and to help exporters with product branding. It is the term most often used by Australian [[Government]] and [[CSIRO]] sources and authors.
| + | The Australian national broadcaster, [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], calls both its Indigenous [[online]] and [[television]] components ''Message Stick'' in recognition of this [[custom]]. |
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| − | Bushfood includes both [[plant]] and [[animal]] foods. Examples of Australian native animal foods ([[meat]]) include [[kangaroo]], [[emu]] and [[crocodile]]. These meats are not uncommon in Australian restaurants. Other animals, for example the [[Goanna]] and the [[witchetty grub]], were eaten by [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] Australians and thus qualify as bushfood in every sense of the word.
| + | Traditionally, message sticks were passed between different clans and [[List of Indigenous Australian group names|language groups]] to establish information and transmit messages. |
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| − | Examples of Australian native plant foods include the fruits: [[quandong]] (''Santalum acuminatum''), [[Australian desert raisin]] (''Solanum centrale''), [[muntries]] (''Kunzea pomifera''), [[Riberry]] (''Syzygium luehmannii''), and, [[Davidson's Plum]] (''Davidsonia'' spp.), [[Finger Lime]] (''Citrus australsica''). Native spices include [[Lemon Myrtle]] (''Backhousia citriodora''), [[Mountain Pepper]] (''Tasmannia lanceolata''), and, [[Aniseed myrtle]] (''Anetholea anista''). A popular leafy vegetable is [[Warrigal greens]] (''Tetragonia tetragonioides''). Nuts include bunya nut, the seeds of ''[[Araucaria bidwillii]]'', and the most identifiable bushfood plant harvested and sold in large scale commercial quantities is the [[macadamia]] nut (''Macadamia integrifolia'').
| + | They are often commonly called ''[[letters]]'' by [[Aborigines|Aboriginal people]]. Traditionally, they were transmitted by [[mailmen]], who would travel hundreds of kilometres to deliver them. |
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| − | Since the 1970s, many TV shows have made use of the bushfood theme. [[Malcolm Douglas]] was one of the first presenters to show how to 'live off the land' in the Australian Outback. Major [[Les Hiddins]], a retired [[Australian Army]] soldier, presented a hit TV series called ''Bush Tucker Man'' on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC TV]] network in the late 1980s. In the series, Hiddins demonstrated his training and research in combat survival by locating native foodstuffs in the northern Australian Outback.
| + | [[Donald Thomson]], recounting his journey to[[ Arnhem Land]] after the [[Caledon Bay Crisis]], writes of Wonggu sending a message stick to his sons, at that time in prison, to indicate a calling of a truce. In etched angles, it showed people sitting around a fire, at peace. |
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| − | ==External links== | + | ==External Links== |
| − | * [http://www.bushfood.net/forum Australian Bushfood and Native Medicine Forum] | + | *[http://www.abc.net.au/message/tv/ms/ Message Stick TV ] |
| − | * [http://ausbushfoods.com/ Bushfoods Magazine]
| + | *[http://www.abc.net.au/message/ Message Stick Internet ] |
| − | * [http://eataustralia.info Eat Australia]
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| − | * [http://www.bushtucker.com.au/ A Bushfood/Bushtucker resource site] | |
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A message stick is a form of communication traditionally used by Indigenous Australians. It is usually a solid piece of wood, around 20-30cm in length, etched with angular lines and dots.
The Australian national broadcaster, ABC, calls both its Indigenous online and television components Message Stick in recognition of this custom.
Traditionally, message sticks were passed between different clans and language groups to establish information and transmit messages.
They are often commonly called letters by Aboriginal people. Traditionally, they were transmitted by mailmen, who would travel hundreds of kilometres to deliver them.
Donald Thomson, recounting his journey toArnhem Land after the Caledon Bay Crisis, writes of Wonggu sending a message stick to his sons, at that time in prison, to indicate a calling of a truce. In etched angles, it showed people sitting around a fire, at peace.
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