Pocket bushtucker / Peter Latz
- Bib ID:
- 202862
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Latz, P. K. (Peter Kenneth)
- Description:
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- Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press, 1999
- iv, 215, [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1864650230 (paperback)
- Summary:
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The traditional resources of the desert people are still available and very much in use today. Expert Aboriginal knowledge is the basis for this compact guide, which features listings for more than 180 Central Australian plants species, traditional uses of each, and plant names in local Aboriginal languages.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- "Jukurrpa Book"
- Cover sub-title: A field guide to the plants of Central Australia and their traditional uses.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Central -- Food
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Central -- Medicine
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Central -- Ethnobotany
- Wild foods -- Australia, Central
- Wild plants, Edible -- Australia, Central
- Medicinal plants -- Australia, Central
- Pintupi language (C10) (NT SF52-11)
- Anmatyerre / Anmatyerr language (C8.1) (NT SF53-09)
- Language - Vocabulary - Plant names
- Kaytetye / Kaytej language (C13) (NT SF53-06)
- Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Warlpiri language (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Alyawarr / Alyawarre language (C14) (NT SF53-07)
- Food - Bush tucker
- Material culture
- Arrernte / Aranda language (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Plants
- Northern Territory - Central NT
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1976
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