Behind the dune, native bullrush or cumbungi is still growing and was a rich resource for local aborigines. Its big rhizome provides starch used to make bread while its young shoots could be eaten fresh.
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Cumbungi
//kʌmˈbʌŋɡi//
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Mitchell said that the cakes made from the cumbungi flour ‘were lighter and sweeter than those made from common flour’.
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