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NITV Radio News - 19/01/2024

BUNYA PINE CONES

Bunya Pine with watermelon sized cones usually weigh 3-8kg, are covered in spikes and are filled with edible seeds. Credit: Supplied/PR IMAGE

Research has found Aboriginal people increased the movement and genetic mixing of the Bunya Pine (Araucaria Bidillii), in response to European colonisation and land clearing.


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Research has found Aboriginal people increased the movement and genetic mixing of the Bunya Pine (Araucaria Bidillii), in response to European colonisation and land clearing.


Sydney's Botanic Gardens has been part of a collaborative cross-cultural research team that found Indigenous people increased the movement of the Bunya Pine in southeast Queensland.

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