The indigenous people of Australia certainly hunted platypuses when they still lived their traditional lifestyle. In modern times, while some tribes live semi traditional lifestyles, they do not eat platypuses.
No. The Australian Aborigines may have hunted platypuses when they pursued their traditional lifestyle, but no-one else eats platypuses.
No.Whilst the Aborigines no doubt hunted and ate platypuses, it is illegal to eat a platypus now.
The first people to live in Australia so the Australian aborigines
Platypus
Kangaroo was a popular food for the Australian Aborigines anywhere on the mainland.
It is unlikely that the Australian Aborigines eat cooked echidna nowadays, but they certainly used to, when they still lived a traditional lifestyle.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd officially apologised to the Stolen Generations of Australian Aborigines on 13 February 2008.
Australian Aborigines are not a civilization, they are a people native to the Australian mainland including the island of Tasmania. It is widely believed that the first Aborigines migrated to Australia over 40,000 years ago.
Yes. The Australian Aborigines found that koalas were easy to catch and kill for food (despite the fact that Europeans did not even notice koalas for the first decade of colonisation).
The Australian aborigines
The Australian 20 cent coin features a platypus on the reverse.
Despite their appearance, Australian Aborigines are not directly related to Africans.