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Introducing Eileen Bird Kngwarreye
Arlatyey Bush Foods Eastern Arrernte woman Eileen Bird Eileen Bird Kngwarreye Pencil Yam Utopia
Today, I'd like to introduce you to Eileen Bird Kngwarreye (pronounced Ung-wahr-ay). Eileen is an Eastern Arrernte woman, and her country is Arnumarra, near Gem Tree northeast of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Her family grew up at Harts Range where her brothers and sisters continue to live. Eileen grew up on her country at Harts Range but moved to southern Utopia to marry her husband, the late Paddy Bird. Together, they had eleven children (Maggie, Tanya and Alvira Bird among them). Paddy's mother was a renowned artist named Ada Bird Petyarre, sister to the famous Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre....
Australian Indigenous Bush Foods
Anmatyerre Anwekety Arlatyey Australian Indigenous Bush Foods Bush Foods Bush Tucker
Bush tucker, or bush food, is any food that is native to Australia. Australian Aboriginals have used the environment around them for generations, living off a diet that is high in protein, fibre, and micro nutrients, and low in sugars. Much of the bush tucker eaten then is still available and eaten today. There are many different types of Bush Tucker foods: nuts and seeds (eg. Acacia, Macadamia, Bunya nuts) flavourings and native spices (eg. bush pepper, lemon myrtle) berries (eg. Astroloma, some Solanum species) fruits (eg. Quandong, Ficus macrophylla, Syzygium, bush plum or Anwekety*) vegetables (eg. bush potatoes, yams, tomatoes) wattle seeds ground to produce "flour" drinks (eg. hot teas, infusions of nectar...