Aboriginal Plant Use Student Guide JP

RIVER RED GUM

Find a possum home.

Use a line to join the
possum to its home.

                                         

The Kaurna people used possums for F _ _ D and
for C _ _ T S.

FIGS

Figs were eaten fresh or

made into a paste.

Find a fig on the ground.

Open it. Smell it.

Tell a friend about the smell.

Look on the ground and at the branches.

Fig trees make a lot of / a little fruit.

These plants have a long, flower stem.

Circle which weapon could be made from this stem.

What did the Aboriginal hunters throw into the air to scare ducks into nets ?

       B _ _ M _ _ _ N G

I can count ____ types of birds in this spot.

Look for tasty nuts on the tree or on the ground. 

The shell is hard / soft.

Aboriginal people used S T _ N _ S to break the shells.

Birds get a nectar drink from the large flowers.

The hunter is holding a N _ _ to catch birds.

The L E _ _ _ S help the hunter to hide.

Both the seed and flesh of these plum coloured fruits were eaten.

Find some fruits.  Add fruits to the drawing.

The trunk of this tree is    fat / thin.

The trunk stores    W _ _ _ R

The fruit on this tree feels

   ______________

   Hunters used Parapara    fruits to trap birds.

Circle the part of the trap that used Parapara fruits.

Look up at the black marks inside the hollow tree.

The Kaurna people used
      F _ _ E
to hollow out this tree.

How could they use a hollow tree ?   __________________

Find some holes in the trunk.

G _ _ B S live inside the holes.

  Aboriginal people used

   S _ _ _ K S   to get them out.