Net bags and bark baskets were essential pieces of equipment.
Both men and women used them to carry fishing gear, fish,
shellfish and other items. Net bags were made from two-ply
twine, which was made from bark or other fibrous plant material.
Detail ofNew Holland: New South Wales.
Net bag in which they put their provisions. Artist:
CA Lesueur. Engraver: Fortier. Published as Plate 29
in Peron, F & de Freycinet, L (1824) Voyage de Dècouvertes
aux Terres Australes, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804.
Atlas. 2nd edn. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Reproduced with
permission from the Australian Museum Research Library.
