These specimens of nardoo were brought back from Cooper’s Creek by John King, the one survivor from Burke and Wills’ advance party.
Dr Beryl Carmichael from Menindee speaks of Nardoo and other aboriginal bush foods in the video:
Beryl's supermarket. See also the video of
Jack Thompson discussing nardoo.
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Nardoo: dried seeds and plant matter.
[ca. 1861]
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