Original: Not only were shell fish available from the sea, but the many swamps and creeks in the district would have yielded birds, fish, eels, eggs and snakes. Early white settlers in the region noted plenty of kangaroos and possums, which would also have been a source of food.
Simplified: They ate shell fish, birds, fish, eels, eggs, snakes, kangaroos and possums which were found across their lands.