It’s more than just filling our plates – it’s about paving the way for a healthier future. Imagine a world where nutritious options are within reach of everyone. For 20 years, EON Aboriginal Foundation has championed this vision. Our mission…
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but there is no lack of enthusiasm from these keen gardeners at Bulla school! Thanks to Aboriginal Investment NT (AINT), 100 students at three more remote schools are learning how…
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We are thrilled to announce that our long-term Ambassador, Dr Rishelle Hume AM, has joined our Board as a Director. Rishelle is a proud Noongar woman with ancestral ties to…
Read more“Bush Medicine” refers to the ancient and traditional Aboriginal use of native Australian botanicals for physical and spiritual healing,
a practice that’s thousands of years old.
Local bush medicine was the focus of EON lessons at Ngukurr school last term – from boiling up leaves from the local Kuliba tree to help with pain and infection, to blending a native tea tree paste to use on body sores, to learning how to use Ngalangga (red river gum) to ease tooth ache. Plus the students created some amazing seasonal bush medicine calendars.
The lessons drew on the knowledge of the Elders and the community around the medicinal properties of local plants, and the cultural practices associated with harvesting, preparing and using botanicals.
And the students loved it! The EON garden provided the perfect outdoor ‘lab space’ to chop, mash, boil and bubble.
The bush medicine lessons integrated with the school’s curriculum, linking in with ‘learning on country’. What a fantastic example of connecting the traditional knowledge of the Elders with the children’s school-based learning!
