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The story continues and the crow steals the yam, but ends up creating a bushfire. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In a Dreamtime story, the Wotjobaluk people say that the sun was a woman who, when she went to dig for murnong yams, left her little son in the west.
Microseris walteri is an Australian perennial herb with yellow flowers and edible tuberous roots, and one of three plants known as murnong or yam daisy along with Microseris scapigera and Microseris lanceolata. [3] [2] The plant is found in southern parts of Australia, including Victoria, NSW, ACT, SA, WA and Tasmania. In Victoria, the plant is ...
Microseris lanceolata is an Australian alpine herb with yellow flowers and one of three plants known as murnong or yam daisy along with Microseris scapigera and Microseris walteri. [ 2 ] The plant is found in southern parts of Australia , including Victoria , NSW and ACT . [ 3 ]
Microseris scapigera is a yellow-flowered daisy, a perennial herb, found in New Zealand and Australia. [2] [3] It is the only New Zealand species of Microseris, and one of three Australian species along with Microseris lanceolata and Microseris walteri. It is classified in a group of plants, the tribe Cichorieae, that includes chicory and ...
The Geelong Carousel is a fully-restored Victorian era carousel (or merry-go-round), that operates in a custom-built pavilion on the waterfront in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is owned and operated by the City of Greater Geelong .
Dioscorea alata – also called ube (/ ˈ uː b ɛ,-b eɪ /), ubi, purple yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet - purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in color from cream to plain white.
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata, commonly known as the white yam, West African yam, [1] Guinea yam, or white ñame, is a subspecies [2] of yam native to Africa. It is one of the most important cultivated yams. [3] Kokoro is one of its most important cultivars. It is sometimes treated as separate species from Dioscorea cayenensis. [1]
Digging sticks are used by many of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, for digging up roots and tubers [6] [7] and for ceremonial use. [8]The Gunditjmara people of western Victoria used digging sticks, also known as "yam sticks", for digging yams, goannas, ants and other foods out of the ground, as well as for defence, for settling disputes and for punishment purposes as part of customary law.