(Australia, archaeology) A mound of cooking debris accumulated by Aborigines; a kitchen midden.
(Australia, archaeology) A mound of cooking debris accumulated by Aborigines; a kitchen midden.
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(AU) A perennial herb of temperate Australia, , or its edible tuber, an important food for Aboriginal Australians.
An Australian outback term for a small excavation or hollow dug into dry ground to reach subsurface moisture—essentially a shallow hand-dug well used by Indigenous Australians and later by stockmen and explorers to find water in arid conditions. The technique was crucial for survival in waterless country and was one of many desert survival methods adopted by European settlers from Aboriginal Australians.
(Australia) An aboriginal shelter made from bark, a gunya.
(AU) An Aboriginal Australian who has little or no contact with white people.