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Title Aboriginal life in the rainforest / by the Aboriginal people of Jumbun ; compiled and photographed by Helen Pedley
Published [Brisbane] : [Dept. of Education, Queensland], 1992

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 W'PONDS  305.89915 Ped/Ali  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 72 pages : illustrations (some color), map, color portraits ; 31 cm
Summary Lifestyle of the Jumbun community at Murray upper; introduction includes notes on landscape, climate, vegetation, animals, seasons, prehistory, food gathering , social structure and recent history; gives detailed descriptions with photographs and bilingual text of material culture; detailed descriptions of dwelling (mija) construction, construction of various kinds of baskets, preparation of food from poisonous seeds of cycads (bangginyu) and Moreton Bay Chestnut (black bean or mirrayn), catching and smoking or roasting of eels
Notes CIP confirmed
For primary and secondary school students
Bibliography Bibliography: page 72
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Food.
Aboriginal Australians -- Material culture -- Australia -- Queensland -- Juvenile literature.
Girramay (Australian people) -- Material culture -- Juvenile literature
Girramay (Australian people) -- Material culture
Jirrbal (Australian people) -- Material culture -- Juvenile literature
Jirrbal (Australian people) -- Material culture
Author Pedley, Helen
Queensland. Department of Education.
ISBN 0724251847