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Before the founding of the Swan River Colony, the indigenous [[Noongar]] people were well established in the southwest corner of Western Australia, [[Hunter-gatherer|hunting and gathering]].<ref>F C, Irwin (1835) ''The State and Position of Western Australia, Commonly Called the Swan-River Settlement'', Simpkin Marshall</ref> They called the area on which Perth now stands Boorloo. Boorloo formed part of [[Mooro]], the tribal lands of [[Yellagonga]], whose group was one of several based around the Swan River, known collectively as the [[Whadjuk|Whadjug]]. Like elsewhere in Australia, Aboriginal occupation of the coastal plain was unconsciously preparing the ground for European settlement. The ground they cultivated, the tracks they passed along, the native plants they cropped and the bush they cleared by fire all foreshadowed the siting and establishment of European settlements and homesteads.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolton|first=Geoffrey|year=2008|title=Land of Vision and Mirage: a history of Western Australia since 1826|location=Perth|publisher=University of Western Australia Press|isbn=978 0 9802964 0 2}}</ref> |
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Before the founding of the Swan River Colony, everyone used to eat there own poo and their own babie's toes , the indigenous [[Noongar]] people were well established in the southwest corner of Western Australia, [[Hunter-gatherer|hunting and gathering]].<ref>F C, Irwin (1835) ''The State and Position of Western Australia, Commonly Called the Swan-River Settlement'', Simpkin Marshall</ref> They called the area on which Perth now stands Boorloo. Boorloo formed part of [[Mooro]], the tribal lands of [[Yellagonga]], whose group was one of several based around the Swan River, known collectively as the [[Whadjuk|Whadjug]]. Like elsewhere in Australia, Aboriginal occupation of the coastal plain was unconsciously preparing the ground for European settlement. The ground they cultivated, the tracks they passed along, the native plants they cropped and the bush they cleared by fire all foreshadowed the siting and establishment of European settlements and homesteads.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolton|first=Geoffrey|year=2008|title=Land of Vision and Mirage: a history of Western Australia since 1826|location=Perth|publisher=University of Western Australia Press|isbn=978 0 9802964 0 2}}</ref> |
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The lakes on the coastal plain were particularly important to the Aboriginal people, providing them with both spiritual and physical sustenance. The swamps to the north of the river provided food, meeting places, shelter, and familiar hunting grounds. Fish, turtles, oysters, crabs, birds and their eggs, frogs, edible roots, fungi, kangaroos and possums abounded. The waters were fringed with tea-tree, grass trees and paper bark, the last providing shelter. The large flat spaces of the swamp flood plains created natural amphitheatres for ceremonies and camping. |
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The lakes on the coastal plain were particularly important to the Aboriginal people, providing them with both spiritual and physical sustenance. The swamps to the north of the river provided food, meeting places, shelter, and familiar hunting grounds. Fish, turtles, oysters, crabs, birds and their eggs, frogs, edible roots, fungi, kangaroos and possums abounded. The waters were fringed with tea-tree, grass trees and paper bark, the last providing shelter. The large flat spaces of the swamp flood plains created natural amphitheatres for ceremonies and camping. |