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Information for the Aboriginal Plant Use trail
was obtained from published sources.
Please do not pick or eat the plants
IA
MYRTACEAE
Livistona australis – Cabbage Tree Palm
Xanthorrhoea species – Grass Tree
Dianella species – Flax
Lily
CALLITRIS
7.
7
Lomandra longifolia – Spiny-headed Mat Rush
8.
8
Brachychiton rupestris – Bottle Tree
9.
9
Casuarina and Allocasuarina species – She-oak
11.
10
Acacia aneura – Mulga
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Santalum acuminatum – Quandong
Rock Waterfall
Garden
12
4
5
6
11
13
9
14
15
8
16
17
18
16.
11 Doryanthes excelsa – Gymea Lily
7
Brittle
Gum Lawn
CULTIVARS
22
12.
12 Podocarpus elatus – Plum Pine
19 20 21
3
RAINFOREST
13.
13 Eustrephus latifolius – Wombat Berry
14.
14 Callitris species – Native Cypress Pine
23
15.
15 Macrozamia spp. – Burrawang
2
24
25
17.
16 Dodonaea viscosa – Sticky Hop Bush
18.
17 Persoonia pinifolia – Geebung
19.
18 Backhousia citriodora – Lemon Myrtle
1
Cafe
26
27
21.
19 Rubus moluccanus – Native Raspberry
22.
20 Hibiscus heterophyllus – Native Hibiscus
23.
21 Indigofera australis – Austral Indigo
24.
22 Syzygium australe – Lilly Pilly
25.
23 Araucaria bidwillii – Bunya Pine
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LEGEND
ABORIGINAL PLANT USE TRAIL
MAIN PATH
26.
24 Acacia melanoxylon – Blackwood
BRIDGE
27.
25 Tasmannia insipida – Pepper Tree
STEPS
28.
26 Hedycarya angustifolia – Austral Mulberry
PUBLIC TOILETS
29.
27 Dicksonia antarctica – Soft Tree Fern
ACCESSIBLE TOILET
CAFE
CAR PARK
ATION CENTRE
50m
BUS
Many of the food-producing plants
bear their fruits for short periods of the
year only. Thus the part of the plant that
IFT SHOP
is used will not always be present.
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Rock
Garden
Lawn Asteraceae
10
Garden
Banksia species – Banksia
AC
PRO TEA CEA E
Look at the different plants along the
NG WATER
trail and see if you can tell which parts
were eaten or used medicinally, or which
CO SPA could have been used for fibre.
A
S ROOM
Citrus australisica – Finger lime
IN
The Aboriginal Plant Use Trail highlights a
selection of plants and some of the ways
TOILETS
that these were used by Aboriginal people in
different parts of Australia. Similar plants may
IBLE TOILET
have been used for the same purposes in
other areas, depending on local availability.
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1.
Aboriginal cultures of Australia
trace back to the oldest living
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2.
cultural
history
in
the
world.
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3.
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Aboriginal people’s knowledge of
RUTACEAE
4.
4
plant use,
such as an ability to identify
R TO TOWER
WALK
5.
5
and locate edible and useful plants,
6.
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WALK
has been
critical to their survival.
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Burbidge
Amphitheatre
Eucalypt
Lawn
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ABORIGINAL
PLANT USE TRAIL
The trail at the Gardens is one way that this
knowledge can be shared and appreciated.
Ducrou
Pavilion
EUCALYPTS
& ASTERACEAE
Visitor
Centre
GRASSY