Scientific name: Themedia australis Common name: Kangaroo grass Parts used: Seed and stems Uses: Food, fibre for string The seeds ripen in summer and people collected them in great quantities, to grind and bake into cakes.
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Scientific name: Lomandra longafolia Common name: Spikey matt rush Parts used: Leaves, seed Uses: String, weaving, food Base of leaves are edible and taste like pea, seed pounded and made into past or cakes.
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Scientific name: Prostanthera Common name: Native mint Parts used: leaves Uses: Medicine Traditionally it was used as a medicinal herb, for headaches & colds.
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Scientific name: Dodonea viscosa Common name: native hops Parts used: Leaves, timber Uses: Medicine, implements Native hop is a medicine generally administered orally or as poultice to treat a great variety of ailments especially fevers and as a poultice to treat wounds and swellings.
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Scientific name: Brachychiton populneus Common name: Kurrajong Parts used: Bark, leaves, roots, seeds, stems and resin Uses: Food, implements, string Roots of the young plants were a popular food and the seeds were eaten after processing. String and fishing nets were made from the bark.
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Scientific name: Callitris Glaucophylla Common name: White Cypress pine Parts used: Seed, timber, resin Uses: Medicine, implements, food River people used the resin as an adhesive for fastening barbs to reed spears and axe-heads to handles. From the long branches, they made canoe poles, which doubled as fish spears.
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Scientific name: Acacia implexa Common name: Lightwood Parts used: Bark, roots, seeds, stems and resin Uses: Medicine, food, implements Uses include fish poison, implements/artefacts, medicinal, seeds/fruits eaten.
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Scientific name: Acacia melanoxylon Common name: Blackwood Parts used: Bark, leaves, roots, seeds, stems and resin Uses: Medicine, implements, string The hard wood of this wattle made strong spear-throwers, boomerangs, clubs and shields in parts of Victoria. People soaked the bark in water to bathe painful joints. The inner bark was used to make string.
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Scientific name: Acacia dealbata Common name: Silver wattle Parts used: Bark, leaves, roots, seeds, stems, resin Uses: Food, implements, string, gunyahs For some Aboriginal groups the gum from the acacia was a snack food or a food for children. The gum could also be disolved in water and nectar added to make a drink.
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Scientific name: Eucalyptus camaldulensis Common name: River Red gum Parts used: Bark, leaves, roots, stems and resin Uses: Medicine, food, implements The leaves were crushed and soaked in water for medicinal purposes. Manna was food source; dishes were made from the heavy bark and canoes made from the bark of eucalypts and Aboriginal peoples crafted spear-throwers, boomerangs and shields from the fine timber.
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