Information about native medicinal plants and bush foods

  1. Sustainable Gardening Australia – Website offering information about  Australian indigenous and bushfood plants.
  2. Aboriginal Plant Use- NSW Tablelands – Plants are shown along the left margin.
  3. Indigenous Uses, Phytochemical Analysis and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Australian Tropical Medical Plants – Research paper on National Library of Medicine website.
  4. Aboriginal Plant Use– Australian National Botanic Gardens – website supporting a native plant trail at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  5. Australian Food Plants Study Group – Organization with a focus on native edible plants. The archive of their newsletter, Gumnuts are available on their resource page.
  6. Tropical Indigenous Ethnobotany Centre – James Cook University – Provides information about cultural uses and perceptions of native plants.
  7. Australian Flora Foundation – A resource for plant research and funding body.
  8. International Natural Products Science Task force – A group promoting natural products research.
  9. Indigenous Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies – great resource
  10. Australian Plant Society (NSW)- General information about native plants.
    1. Hunter Valley Group – Group based in the Hunter Valley with a focus on plants native to the region.
  11. Hunter Region Botanical Gardens – A  great place to see what plants can grow in the Hunter Region. Volunteers at the Gardens herbarium can help you identify plants.
  12. Bush food bibliography – Prepared by the Australian National Botanic gardens.
  13. Health Benefits of Gardening for Older Adults – Sent in by one of our young readers
  14. Bushfoods for Woodfordia and beyond   (pdf)

Nurseries and Suppliers of Plants

  1. Sydney Wildflower Nursery – They offer a number of  bush tucker plants
  2. Tucker Bush – They sell plants, foods and help schools create bush gardens. Great resource for recipes!
  3. Daley’s Fruit – Supplier of bushfood plants
  4. Witjuti Grub Bushfood Nursery – Supplier of subtropical native bush food plants.
  5. Edible Oz – Source of seeds for bush tucker plants including murnong.

Sources for Bush Food Products

  1. Outback Chef – Teas, recipes and a blog on bush tucker!
  2. Australian Bush Spices – Online source for spice blends using natives
  3. Arnhem Bush Tucker – Online store (NT)
  4. A Taste of the bush  –  Online store, recipes and market days (NSW)
  5. BarbushCo – Teas, jams, sauces, lemon myrtle & macadamia products. They have a line of fettucine pastas baed on bushfoods.
  6. FigJam & Company– Bushfood catering. Great review by the Queensland Ballet.
  7. Basically Wild– Bush foods available through a number of local markets.
  8. Wild Hibiscus Flower Co
  9. Diemen Pepper – Native pepperberries
  10. Playing with Fire – Online shop offering native foods, spices and products.
  11. Rainforest Foods – Chocolate covered macadamia nuts and jams and more
  12. Taste Australia – Spices, ground seeds and much more.
  13. Tumbeela Native Bushfoods– Native pepper and Lemon Myrtle
  14. Native Oz – Bushfoods and EcoTours – Recipes, products and group events. The sauces, teas, spices and jams look enticing.
  15. Quandong Farm – They have fruit, seeds, jams & quandong pie.
  16. Brisbane – Free Native Plants Program – Providing two free native plants per year to Brisbane residents.

Restaurants

  1. Bush – Featuring native foods including rabbit & wild boar
  2. Ochre – Located in Cairns, this restaurant also does catering. Their recipe features page is full of information.
  3. Attica – Based in Victoria, their menu changes often, but may feature crocodile ribs or black ant lamingtons.
  4. Botanic House – Nestled in the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, the menu features South East Asian cuisine with lemon myrtle appearing here and there.
  5. Wildflower Experience – On the Western Coast in Perth, the Como Hotel combine an overnight stay with a six course tasting menu that follows aboriginal seasonal changes. $$$$

Useful Links

Australian Bushfoods Magazine – Associated with the Australian Native Foods (ANFI). The site is not quite up to date, but there are some interesting articles available.

In Victoria- there is a special website, “Flora of Victoria.” Click on checklists- this will allow you to generate a species list for a general preset area.

For NSW any plant information is available through the local councils.  Some have community gardens where they sell native plants, some have species lists and some have tips for growing natives in your area. Look for “environment” and then “flora and fauna.” Click here for a list of councils

Tasmania has a list of species that you can download here. There is also a census from 2017, which can be accessed here.