Clues to cultivation in the Torres Strait

Clues to cultivation in the Torres Strait

Bellevue Islands in the Torres Strait, with Mabuiag in the centre. Credit: Landsat/NASA/USGS

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had a history of skilfully resourcing food and managing the land long before Europeans arrived in Australia.

Questions remain, however, about their use of horticulture, which was practised north of the continent in Papua New Guinea.

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Published by Cosmos.

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