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====Australia==== <!---Yam sticks redirect targets this section---> Digging sticks are used by many of the [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal peoples of Australia]], for digging up roots and tubers<ref>{{cite web | title=Taungurung Tools & Technology | website=Deadly Story | url=https://www.deadlystory.com/page/aboriginal-country-map/Aboriginal_Country_In_Development/taungurung/cultural-artefacts/ | access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Bush foods and tools | website=[[Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park]]| publisher=[[Parks Australia]] | url=https://parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/discover/culture/bush-foods-and-tools/ | access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> and for [[Aboriginal ceremony|ceremonial use]].<ref name=wam>{{cite web | title=Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu|first1=Banduk| last1=Marika |last2=West |first2=Margie | website=[[Western Australian Museum]] | date=7 December 2010 | url=http://museum.wa.gov.au/whats-on/yalangbara/background-essay | access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> The [[Gunditjmara]] people of western [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] used digging sticks, also known as "yam sticks", for digging [[murnong|yams]], [[goanna]]s, ants and other foods out of the ground, as well as for defence, for settling disputes and for punishment purposes as part of [[Indigenous Australian customary law| customary law]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Bissland | first=Emily | title=Gunditjmara stone tools found in University collection sparks art exhibition and hopes of repatriation | website=ABC News |publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=23 January 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-23/gunditjmara-tools-leonhard-adam-collection-sparks-exhibition/100659198 | access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>
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