Stake attention in this memory
This image captures a museum exhibit, likely at the Queensland Museum in South Brisbane, Australia, showcasing Indigenous Australian scientific knowledge and artifacts. The display features two ancient tools on a white surface: a stone axe with a wooden handle and woven binding, and an elongated, painted wooden tool. Adjacent to the tools, a circular grey information panel is titled "Chemistry: transforming the inedible to the edible." Text on this panel describes the sophisticated chemical knowledge used to remove poisons from highly toxic rainforest plants, specifically mentioning "Flour made from cycad seeds" collected in 1912 from northern Queensland, a sample of which is displayed in a small clear container. A tall vertical panel on the left is titled "First Scientists: Aboriginal scientific knowledge and the Jawun." The accompanying text states that Aboriginal people were the first Australian botanists, chemists, geologists, and zoologists, developing deep environmental knowledge over 60,000 years. It highlights the "Jawun (bicornual basket)" from north-eastern Queensland, used primarily for processing poisonous plants. The Queensland Museum acknowledges the Traditional Owners and custodians of rainforest country for the exhibit's content, emphasizing the antiquity and cultural significance of Indigenous scientific practices. Below this text is a map titled "Map of Girring Country," illustrating the traditional lands of various Indigenous groups in northern Queensland, with an inset map of the entire state.
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