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Aboriginal Heritage - Melville

Summary:¶

Aboriginal name: Biara

Scientific name: Banksia attenuata

Aboriginal uses:

Flowers were used to make a sweet drink.

Aboriginal people would soak the flower spikes in a water-filled hole lined with paperbark to make a sweet drink.

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Resources:¶

Type	Name	Date	Summary
	Common Trees of the South-West Forests (Wheeler, J.)	2007	Part of the Bush Book series providing information on the most common trees growing in this region of Western Australia.
	Candle banksia (Banksia attenuata) flower (Kininmonth, I.)	2009
	Candle banksia (Banksia attenuata) tree (Kininmonth, I.)	2009

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