Food Studies KK1.2.1

Which of the following is an indigenous plant food that grows naturally in Victoria?

• Finger lime

• Murnong yam daisy

• Maccadamia nuts

• Possom

Prior to European settlement, Victoria's First People used baskets to:

• Help catch fish

• Start fires

• Give kangaroo meat more flavour

• Sell at markets to tourists holidaying in Australia.

Indigenous Australians consumed a:

• High fat and varied diet.

• Nutritious but limited diet.

• Nutritious and varied diet.

• High fat and limited diet.

Warrigal greens require blanching in order to:

• Remove the toxins and make them safe to eat.

• Make them suitable for consumption.

• Help them cook faster.

• Decrease their nutritional value.

Indigenous Australians have acquired the knowledge and skills to hunt, capture and prepare a range of animals for food. This is referred to as:

• An environmental resource

• A natural resource.

• A practical cooking skill.

• A human resource

Victoria’s First People consumed a varied diet. Identify two plant foods they found naturally growing in Victoria.

Identify two animal foods they found in Victoria.

To aboriginal peoples, water is life. Aboriginal peoples in the past used water from rivers for all their water needs - drinking, fishing, and washing. As well as using the water, spending time on rivers and billabongs is central to intergenerational knowledge and cultural transfer, and family time.

Source: The University of Melbourne, n.d. Indigenous voices in water. (Online) Available at: https://indigenousknowledge.unimelb.edu.au/curriculum/resources/indigenous-voices-in-water

 

Identify one food that Victoria’s First people sourced from or around water. Then explain how Indigenous Australians captured this food source

Compare how Victoria’s first people cooked food in the earth oven with how food is cooked in an oven nowadays.

Discuss how firestick farming is beneficial.