YEAR 6 TERM 3 LESSON 3
ABORIGINAL COUNTRY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Learning Intention: We will be learning how Aboriginal people connect to country and manage the land sustainably.
YOUR TASK:
Watch the videos below and read the information about seasonal Bush Tucker
Make honey joys (they kind of look like a cluster of wattle flowers) Get the recipe here
Place them on a plate and decorate with wattle flowers that you have collected on one of your daily walks.
Take a photo or a video of you making them and of the finished product.
Upload your work to the Sustainability folder in SEESAW
Being sustainable means taking what you need and making sure that you give back what you can.
The way forward is to take as nature gives and that is the practice of Aboriginals. One of the most effective ways here is to return to the Earth’s original food calendar; that is growing food in seasons. Anyone who has knowledge of growing food and has every spent time at a farm understands that nature has a season for every crop and the farmer tailors production to do the same.
Aboriginal Australians are recognized for their historically sustainable cultivation of the land by eating what was in season.
Guling is a short season full of change, beginning around late July through to August. The wattles (acacia trees) burst into their full yellow spectacular, common brown butterflies feed at night, local orchids pop open and if you have koalas in your area, you may well hear the males assert their magnificence to local females at night – an awful loud grunty bellow that sounds part way between a bear growl, a pig grunt and a cow!
Seasonal foods and Aboriginal astronomy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people pay close attention to the positions of the stars to determine seasonal change.
This informs them about the behaviours of plants and animals that are used for food and medicine.
Seasonal foods and nutrition
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people carefully observe the positions of stars in the sky to predict seasonal change,
which is linked to the behaviour of plants and animals. In Australia, many plants used for food or medicines are seasonal,
so it is critical for people to know how the plants, animals, weather, and stars are interconnected.
During the GULING season of the Wurundjeri calendar, Aboriginals used acacia plants and trees for many different foods and drinks.
