Ngalia Name: Mintjintja
Botanical Name: Eremophila alternifolia
Common Name: Native Honeysuckle
Aboriginal Bush Food and Medicine Garden
Discover the flora of the Goldfields region
From the Ruby Saltbush to the River Mint, the Museum of the Goldfield's Aboriginal Bush Food and Medicine Garden showcases plants from across the Goldfields region and beyond.
These plants have been of importance to Aboriginal people for many generations.
Discover them below.
Which plant is this?
Ngalia Name: Yuulpul
Noongar Name: Purngep or Binga
Wongutha Name: Puntaru
Botanical Name: Atriplex nummularia
Common Name: Old Man Saltbush
Wongutha Name: Kampul-Kampulpa
Ngalia Name: Yuulpul
Botanical Name: Enchylaena tomentosa
Common Name: Ruby Saltbush
Ngalia Name: Walku
Botanical Name: Santalum acuminatum
Common Name: Native Peach or Quandong
Karlkurla Name: Wangkathaa
Botanical Name: Marsdenia australis
Common Name: Silky Pear, Bush Banana
Noongar Name: Murin Murin
Wongutha Name: Munyun
Ngalia Name: Mulkakutjal
Botanical Name: Caprobrotum modestus
Common Name: Inland Pigface
Noongar Name: Murin Murin
Wongutha Name: Munyun
Ngalia Name: Mulkakutjal
Botanical Name: Scaevola spinescens
Common Name: Maroon Bush or Currant Bush
Wongutha and Koori Name: Poang-gurk
Botanical Name: Mentha acquatica
Common Name: River Mint
Noongar Name: Mangar
Wongutha Name: Wartapirti
Ngalia Name: Warrkiri
Other Aboriginal Names: Gumbi Gumbi
Botanical Name: Pittosporum angustifolium
Common Name: Native apricot
Noongar Name: Mangar
Botanical Name: Dianella revoluta R.Br.
Common Name: Blueberry Lily, Blueberry Flax Lily, Spreading Flax-lily, Black-anther Flax-lily
Noongar Name: Youlk, Yug, Youcka (Hassel, 1975)
Botanical Name: Platysace deflexa (Turcz.) C. Norman
Common Name: Ravensthorpe Radish
Special thanks to the Minderoo Foundation and the Foundation for the WA Museum for funding the project and to Mr Kado Muir, the Brownley family, Mrs Dorothy Dimer, the Cooper Family the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Urban Landcare Group and Central Regional TAFE for helping us realise this Garden.