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What the Australian Aborigines ate depended on where they lived. If they lived in desert areas they usually ate meat such as snakes, goannas and Birds of Prey, and also learned how to best use the desert plants. However, if they lived in more arable areas they ate plant parts such as fruits, berries, tubers and roots. Coastal aborigines were skilled fishermen, and they also dined on fruit bats.
Aborigines were skilled, clever and stealthy hunters, learning to not only throw a spear with deadly accuracy, but also how to trap animals. There is some evidence that they also engaged in some agricultural practices (though obviously not the grains that the Europeans brought with them).
Other foods included: witchetty grubs, water lily, kangaroo, emu, wild honey, yams, roots kelp, berries, small animals, salmon, honey ants, lizards, berries, water snakes, eel and edible flowers.
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Where did the aborigines eat kangaroo?
Kangaroo was a popular food for the Australian Aborigines anywhere on the mainland.
Do Aborigines eat cooked echidna?
It is unlikely that the Australian Aborigines eat cooked echidna nowadays, but they certainly used to, when they still lived a traditional lifestyle.
When did the Australian government apologize to the Australian Aborigines?
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd officially apologised to the Stolen Generations of Australian Aborigines on 13 February 2008.
What year did the australian aborigines civilisation begin?
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.
Did aborigines eat koalas?
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).
Who built the MCG?
The Australian aborigines
What are some facts about aborigines?
Despite their appearance, Australian Aborigines are not directly related to Africans.
Abiorignal art is created by who?
Australian Aborigines
What year did the Australian prime minister apologize to the aborigines?
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's national apology to the Stolen Generations of Australian Aborigines occurred on 13 February 2008.
Do people eat platypus?
No. The Australian Aborigines may have hunted platypuses when they pursued their traditional lifestyle, but no-one else eats platypuses.
Do aborigines live in the rainforests any more?
There are no longer any Australian indigenous people (Aborigines) living a traditional native lifestyle in Australian rainforests.
Which Australian author gives a sympathetic treatment to Australian aborigines?
Judith Wright.
