The Aborigines of Australia have a rich and balanced diet. They not only eat meat, fruit, vegetables and even a type of bread but sometimes they supplement their calorie intake by eating giant ants and the big, fat grubs they find under the bark of trees. It is a rather startling sight to see the Aborigines eating these creatures, which they consider delicacies, while they are still alive and squirming.

The search for food is the duty of every member of the Aborigine tribe although the tasks of the men differ from those of the women. The men do most of the hunting, mainly for kangaroos, emus and large lizards. Their weapons are spears and boomerangs, but to catch the emu they pound up pituri leaves with water as a bait, so that the bird becomes stupefied and is easily speared.

Sometimes the men are away from the encampment for several days on hunting trips. During these periods the women are responsible for feeding the tribe with whatever animal or vegetable food they can find.