A booklet that describes native vegetation and their purpose as used by Wiradjuri people in the Murrumbidgee catchment was launched at the Riverglade Wetland in Tumut on March 12, 2008.

The ‘Wiradjuri Plant Use in the Murrumbidgee Catchment’ 100 page colour guide describes the plant and their uses based on the knowledge gathered at aboriginal consultation groups in eight different towns across the catchment.

For example, Emu Bush is used in many different ways by Traditional Owners and Aboriginal people.  Their fruit is a staple part of their diet and is also used for medicinal purposes to treat skin problems and stomach ulcers.

The guide is funded by the NSW Native Vegetation Management Fund and is a contemporary guide to the identification of plants within the Murrumbidgee catchment that are significant to the Wiradjuri people. 

The guide would not have been possible without the participation of the Traditional Owners and Aboriginal people across the catchment at Brungle, Tumut, Wagga Wagga, Narrandera, Leeton, Darlington Point, Griffith and Hay.

The glove-box size booklet was produced with funding from the NSW Government’s Native Vegetation Management Fund.

The ‘Wiradjuri Plant Use in the Murrumbidgee Catchment’ booklet will be available from April 1, for more information contact Murrumbidgee CMA Head Office P: 02 6932 3232.