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Edie Kemarre Holmes – Arratherrk (bush flower) They would use the vine of this plant as rope to help carry coolamon with kids.  Make like a bag and carry the kids in this.  My grandmother was called Arratherrk and her sister was calle Pwelk, the leaf of the bush banana.  At Read more…

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Edie Kemarre Holmes – Arratherrk (bush flower) They would use the vine of this plant as rope to help carry coolamon with kids.  Make like a bag and carry the kids in this.  My grandmother was called Arratherrk and her sister was calle Pwelk, the leaf of the bush banana.  At Read more…

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Edie Kemarre Holmes – Arratherrk (bush flower) They would use the vine of this plant as rope to help carry coolamon with kids.  Make like a bag and carry the kids in this.  My grandmother was called Arratherrk and her sister was calle Pwelk, the leaf of the bush banana.  At Read more…

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Edie Kemarre Holmes – Arratherrk (bush flower) They would use the vine of this plant as rope to help carry coolamon with kids.  Make like a bag and carry the kids in this.  My grandmother was called Arratherrk and her sister was calle Pwelk, the leaf of the bush banana.  At Read more…

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Denise Ngwarraye Bonney – Bush Melon On my grandmothers and grandfathers country after the rain I remember the smell of bush melons.    I know that they are sweet and ready to eat at this time.  They grow along the ground, I would lift the vine up and find all the Read more…

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Denise Ngwarraye Bonney – Bush Melon On my grandmothers and grandfathers country after the rain I remember the smell of bush melons.    I know that they are sweet and ready to eat at this time.  They grow along the ground, I would lift the vine up and find all the Read more…

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Denise Ngwarraye Bonney – Bush Melon On my grandmothers and grandfathers country after the rain I remember the smell of bush melons.    I know that they are sweet and ready to eat at this time.  They grow along the ground, I would lift the vine up and find all the Read more…

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Denise Ngwarraye Bonney – Bush Melon On my grandmothers and grandfathers country after the rain I remember the smell of bush melons.    I know that they are sweet and ready to eat at this time.  They grow along the ground, I would lift the vine up and find all the Read more…

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Colleen Ngwarraye Morton – Altywart When I was a little girl I would go and collect the seed from the altywart grass with my grandmothers.  They would teach us how to hang on to the tree and grind the seeds with our feet.  We would carry the seed in our Read more…

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Colleen Ngwarraye Morton – Altywart When I was a little girl I would go and collect the seed from the altywart grass with my grandmothers.  They would teach us how to hang on to the tree and grind the seeds with our feet.  We would carry the seed in our Read more…

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