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women knew their environment very well and could tell which foods
were available during each season.
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"The
men used to cook the kangaroos and the women made damper.
Women used to go hunting when they had no children. When
they've got children, they're always home to look after
the children. They
never used to leave their children. Our mothers used to
go around and dig rabbits with a crowbar and carry their
babies on their backs with a blanket. One on their back
and one of their front there. That's what they used to do.
There were eight children in our family; I'm the only one
that's left. A lot of people was here. (Gertie Johnson,
Nepabunna, 1989 in Education Department SA, 1992: 122)
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