Episode of Series “Up a gum tree”.
Australia owes a great debt to the Aboriginals who learned to tame the inhospitable countryside. But why did they never become farmers and what sort of diet did the first Australians enjoy? David Bellamy attempts to find out the answers to these questions.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014473
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Food
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Description and travel
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ecology - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)