Bush tucker: special sweet foods

Indigenous childrean eat honey ants near Alice Spring

Indigenous childrean eat honey ants near Alice Spring Source: Children's Ground

Before European settlers arrived in Australia, there was a thriving food culture, one that happily sustained the Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years.Traditional bush tucker is unique. Aboriginal people had many ways to source sweet foods: from tree gum to honeyants. Dong Xing has the story.



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