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Commercial hunting and gathering

If an Aboriginal person wishes to take a protected animal, egg or native plant for sale, barter or exchange, they will require a permit.

Following are some examples of where an Aboriginal person would need a permit:

  • taking an emu egg from the wild for carving and sale
  • collection of bush tucker (eg Muntries Kunzea pomifera for sale)
  • commercial kangaroo shooting
  • collection of myall, mallee, sandalwood and mulga vegetation for artefacts and sale
  • cultural fairs where an Aboriginal person wishes to sell bush tucker as a way of promoting Aboriginal culture.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.