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Unit 09 - Seeds of Art Ten Useful Books Ten Useful Books (with annotations) This is a beautiful reference text with illustrations of 1236 Australian rainforest fruits and descriptions of a further 1200 plant species. In total, 2436 descriptions of Australian rainforest fruits and seeds are presented in this monumental work. 2. Sharing Culture Rainforest by Denise Ellen Ashman and with photographs by Stanley Breeden, (2001) Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield, Queensland This book has many beautiful photographs showing how Jirbal, Girramay, Jiru and Gulnay children of the southern Wet Tropics region play and learn in the rainforest. Children and adults making jewellery with rainforest seeds are also pictured. 3. Cassowary: Australia’s Endangered Rainforest Inhabitant by Christine Dwyer, Broad Books, East Palmerston, Queensland Rainforest seeds and fruit make up 99% of the cassowary’s diet. Cassowaries are the primary means by which large seeds are dispersed through the forest. This beautiful book is written for children with informative photography showing a range of colourful seeds and fruits and photos of young cassowaries in the forest. 4. Bush Foods and Medicines of Cairns, Gumba Gumba Publications, Vidage Design, Cairns, Queensland This book has photographs of edible fruits and seeds found in Cairns and includes pictures of children harvesting and eating fruit. The text is accessible for younger readers. 5. Garrimal Wuju Wabungga Summer Fruit of the Rainforest (1993) by the Jirrbal and Girramay People of Jumbun and Helen Pedley. ISBN 064617066X This text documents the Jirrbal language detailing the collection of rainforest fruit in the summer season. It is useful for introducing young children to the Jirrbal language in the context of learning about edible fruit and seeds. 6. Naganydjin Bulkmba Our Country by Michael Quinn, Roy Banning, illustrated by Frank McLeod and Meriel Averis ISBN 0646114824 This text was devised as a reading text for students of the Djabugay language. Pages 44-62 are dedicated to edible fruits and useful trees, introducing children to the Djabugay language and explaining how to prepare meals from rainforest plants. 7. The Mullunburra People of the Mulgrave River by Nungabana George Davis, Cassowary Publication, ISBN 072427498 The book was designed for students of Atherton State High School but can be used by younger children with the assistance of a teacher. Pages 10 and 11 have a useful table of edible plants giving the common (English) names, the scientific name and the Mullunburra/Yidin name for each seed and fruit. 8. A Guide to Traditional Aboriginal Rainforest Plant Use by the Kuku Yalanji of the Mossman Gorge (1995) Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Inc., Mossman, Queensland, ISBN 064622915 This introductory guide has colour photographs of useful trees, fruit and seeds from the rainforests around the Mossman area with an explanatory text for more advanced readers. 9. A Walker’s Guide to Plants Cairns – Kuranda by John Beasley, (2005) Footloose Publications, Kuranda, Queensland, ISBN 1876617128 A useful guide to the identification of 260 key plants from Cairns, Kuranda and Chillagoe with small, colour photographs of bark, leaves, flowers, seeds and fruit. 10. Handy Pocket Guide to Tropical Fruits by Wendy Hutton, photographed by Alberto Cassio (2004) Periplus Editions, Hong Kong, ISBN 079460188X The Handy Pocket Guides series can be used to introduce children to tropical flowers, plants and fruits. This edition illustrates familiar, brightly coloured fruit like apples, jackfruit, watermelon and avocado and less familiar tropical fruit. Many photographs present the fruit and seeds.
Seed Words in Local Language
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