Aboriginal Hunting in the Northern Territory, Australia

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Aboriginal Hunting in the Northern Territory

Australia's Aborigines have always been a hunter-gathering people and although all communities have a local store, many people will tell you that there is nothing better than freshly caught meat. In the old days people used spears to catch the larger animals, but these days rifles are used to shoot kangaroos and emus.

An exception to this are the hunt on dugongs (a sea mammal) and the large green turtles that are hunted with a hand-held harpoon from boats (nowadays aluminium dinghies with outboard motors); for the people of the Gulf of Carpentaria there is great ceremonial meaning in this. Goannas, the large monitor lizards, are caught by hand and are highly prized.

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