John Horsfall

About The Author

John Horsfall has had a long career as a Mental Health and General Nurse. He has taught at the Western Australian School of Nursing and, later, at the Curtin University Centre for Aboriginal Studies. He was the Training Coordinator at the Specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Service in Perth before retiring in 2013.

Books by John Horsfall

Noongar Bush Tucker

Bush Food Plants and Fungi of the South-West of Western Australia

By Vivienne Hansen and John Horsfall
Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from disease, with more exercise, less stress and supportive communities.Today, in Aboriginal communities all over Australia, there are higher ...
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Noongar Bush Medicine

Medicinal Plants of the South-west of Western Australia

By Vivienne Hansen and John Horsfall
For over 50,000 years before colonisation, the Noongar people were much healthier than most Aboriginal Australians are today. Living in the open, in a land largely free from disease, they benefited from a better diet, more exercise, less stress and a supportive community.In this book the authors ...
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