Have a look at the pictures and written
information we have complied here on
Jerangle's local indigenous history.
Using whole rocks to chip sharp shards from a smaller cutting stone. The dark rock comes from a long way from Jerangle. It may have been given as a gift or traded with local Aborigines a long time ago.
A wooden bowl made from the burl on a tree. Very good for storing things around the campsite including water. The bark strips are for soaking in water so they can then be used for weaving purposes.
An exert worth reading about the local aboriginal people in the area in the past.
Aimee showing her understanding, John trying to stay awake! He was waiting for the spear throwing lesson.
Did you know that there is this stuff that makes galahs drunk?
It is called the honey smelling sap .
If there was a big flock of birds and you throw the boomerang at the middle of the flock you could at least hit 2 or 3 birds.
Also sometines if you threw a boomerang at a tree full of birds, as it flew around the tree and the birds scattered you could hit a scattering bird... good way to use the boomerangs natural flight path .
John checking out some useful natural resources. Made in Australia... grown in Australia!
Aimee and Emily showing some vessels for carrying bush tucker
Making fire is heaps easier with matches or a lighter!
The kids and Rod Mason (from NPWS) showing the tools of the trade that indigenous people used in the past.
Collecting sap from a 'Black Sally' tree.
Yesterday Rodney and Pat came out. They are from the National parks and Wildlife Services. Rodney is an Aboriginal. He came down so he could teach us some of the Aboriginal stuff. We went down to Mr John Moore’s house. John had lots of cool things that he found. Rod had lots of different Aboriginal things that they used in the past. Then we went for a walk to look for some Aboriginal stuff. We found some glue that the Aboriginals used for fixing spears. It is yellow in colour. Then we found another Aboriginal thing. It was medicine that they used it for tooth aches, belly aches and for cuts. It was red sap. Then we went back to the cars and we tried to light a fire. But we didn’t light it. But Emily and I made smoke. I really enjoyed the day, I thought it was excellent. By Aimee Tozer
The sap collected with the digging stick here is a good medicine to apply to toothaches.
First we looked at some rocks. Then we went for
a walk it was fun. Then we tried to make a fire. All we could get was smoke.
Then we threw the spears. By Boo Ewart.
We even have a display at school if you'd like to drop in sometime to see what more we have learnt! Call the office on 02 6454 3127 for more details.