This book is a contemporary guide to the identification of plants within the Murrumbidgee catchment and their significance and cultural use for the Wiradjuri people. The Wiradjuri Cultural Landscape Mapping Project, of which this publication is a product, consulted widely with local Aboriginal communities across the Murrumbidgee catchment. The consultation process involved the collection of information on the Aboriginal cultural heritage uses of native vegetation.
This book is a resource for Aboriginal communities and the broader community alike, to further an understanding of Aboriginal cultural heritage uses and significance of native vegetation within the Murrumbidgee catchment.
The book provides a brief overview of each plant, and a description of the plant’s traditional uses. This list does not cover every plant and every use that was, and in many cases still is, undertaken by Aboriginal communities, but helps the reader to increase their knowledge of plants that are significant to the Wiradjuri Nation.
The plants listed begin to draw a picture for the reader as to what areas of the landscape are important to Traditional Owners and other Aboriginal people and can provide a starting point to identifying plants that are significant to Aboriginal communities.
Produced by the Murrumbidgee CMA (now Riverina LLS), 114 pages
