Bush bread
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Bush bread, or seedcakes, refers to the bread made by Aboriginal Australians by crushing seeds into a dough that is then baked. The bread is high in protein and carbohydrate, and forms part of a balan
Damper being prepared in hot coals
An Aboriginal millstone, vital in making flour or pastes for bread. Some Aboriginal groups call it "mother and child".
Coolamon (vessel)
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Coolamon is an anglicised version of the Wiradjuric word guliman used to describe an Australian Aboriginal carrying vessel.
Bush bread
…lineare) are also occasionally used in the making of bush bread. After the grain was collected, it needed to be winnowed, which was done using the coolamon, the multi-purpose carrying vessel. Sometimes it needed to be winnowed several times. Once the grain was winnowed, it was ground using a millstone, to…
The coolamon in this picture is at top left. It is lined with paperbark, often done when used as a cradle for newborns.
Women using coolamons
A scarred tree, probably used to make a coolamon (Parramatta, NSW)