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Austral English Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Austral English novel. A total of 297 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : A Dictionary of Austral English.by Edward Morris.I. ORIGIN OF THE WORK.About a generatio
A Dictionary of Austral English.by Edward Morris.I. ORIGIN OF THE WORK.About a generation ago Mr. Matthew Arnold twitted our nation with the fact that "the journeyman work of literature" was much better done in France--the books of reference, th
- 201 Noisy P.-- P. strepitans, Temm.Rainbow P.-- P. iris, Gould.1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 1: "Pitta strepitans, Temm., Noisy Pitta.There are also Rainbow Pitta, Pitta iris, and Vigor's Pitta, P. Macklotii.1869. J. Gould,
- 202 Plant, v. tr. and n. common in Australia for to hide, and for the thing hidden away. As remarked in the quotations, the word is thieves' English.1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,'vol. ii. p. 59: "A number of the slang phra
- 203 [should be vol. ii. not 2nd ed.], 4to. p. 62, 1802, where it is named Ornithorhyncus paradoxus, Blum...There is a rude figure given of this animal in Collins's work."1884. Marcus Clarke, `Memorial Volume,' p. 177: "The Platypus Club is
- 204 17]7. Cook's' Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World' [2nd Voyage], vol. i. pp. 97, 98: "Amongst the small birds I must not omit to particularise the wattlebird, poy-bird... . The poy-bird is less than the wattle-bird; the f
- 205 vol. i. p. 137: "The combatants ... took especial pains to tell us that it was no fault of ours, but the porangi or `foolishness'of the Maori."Ibid. vol. ii. p. 238: "Watanui said E Abu was porangi, `a fool.'"1872. A. Domett,
- 206 "It was supposed that Port Jackson alone had this shark ...It has since been found in many of the coast bays of Australia."Port-Jackson Thrush, n. the best known bird among the Australian Shrike-thrushes (q.v.), Colluricincla harmonica, Lath.; c
- 207 Common Narrow-footed Pouched-Mouse-- Sminthopsis murina, Water.Finke N.-f. P.-M.-- S. larapinta, Spencer.Sandhill N.-f. P.-M.-- S. psammophilus, Spencer.Stripe-faced N.-f. P.-M.-- S. virginiae, De Tarrag.Thick-tailed N.-f. P.-M.-- S. cra.s.sicaudata, Goul
- 208 "The `touchy' mare gave so sudden a `prop,' accompanied by a desperate plunge, that he was thrown."Prospect, v. to search for gold. In the word, and in all its derivatives, the accent is thrown back on to the first syllable. This word,
- 209 Punga-punga, n. Maori name for the pollen of the raupo (q.v.).1880. W. Colenso, `Transactions of New Zealand Inst.i.tute,'vol. xiii. art. i. p. 28: "Another curious article of vegetable food was the punga-punga, the yellow pollen of the raupo fl
- 210 In New Zealand there is a single species, Coturnix novae-zelandiae, Quoy and Gaim.1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. ii.c. vii. p. 259: "It is known to the colonists as the painted quail; and has been called by Mr. Gould ... Ha
- 211 1890. R. A. F. Murray, `Reports and Statistics of the Mining Department [of Victoria] for the Quarter ending 31st December': "The quartz here is very white and crystalline, with ferruginous, clayey joints, and--from a miner's point of view-
- 212 R Rabbiter, n. a man who lives by trapping rabbits, or who is employed to clear stations from them.1892. E. W. Hornung, `Under Two Skies,' p. 114: "He would give him a billet. He would take him on as a rabbiter, and rig him out with a tent, camp
- 213 (q.v.).Ranges, n. the usual word in Australia for "mountains." Compare the use of "tiers" in Tasmania.Rangy, adj. mountainous.1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 89: "He tramps over the most rangy and inaccessible
- 214 This, though a Myrtaceous plant, has all the habits of the Indian figs, reproducing them in the closest manner. It starts from a seed dropped in the fork of a tree, and grows downward to reach the ground; then taking root there, and gaining strength, chok
- 215 "The razor-grinder, fitly so called from making a grinding noise as it wavers in one position a foot or two from the ground."Ready up, v. See quotation.1893. `The Age,' Nov. 25, p. 13, col. 2: "Mr. Purees: A statement has been made tha
- 216 Red-streaked Spider, or Black-and-red Spider, an Australasian spider (Latrodectus scelio, Th.o.r.el.), called in New Zealand the Katipo (q.v.).Red-throat, n. a small brown Australian singing-bird, with a red throat, Pyrrholaemus brunneus, Gould.Reed-mace,
- 217 Richea, n. a Tasmanian Gra.s.stree (q.v.), Richea pandanifolia, Hook., N.O. Liliaceae.1850. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land,' May 8, vol. i. p. 278: "A section ... of the stem of the graceful palm-like Rich
- 218 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ii. p. 126: "I'll tell you what, you'll have to ring them. Pa.s.s the word round for all hands to follow one another in a circle, at a little distance apart."(3) To move round in
- 219 Roaring Horsetails, n. a slang name for the Aurora Australis.Robin, n. The name, in consequence of their external resemblance to the familiar English bird, is applied, in Australia, to species of the various genera as follows:-- Ashy-fronted Fly-Robin-- H
- 220 Rock Lily, n. See under Lily.Rock-Ling, n. a marine fish. The Australian R. is Genypterus australis, Castln., family Ophidiidae. The European R. belongs to the genera Onos and Rhinonemus, formerly Motella.Of the genus Genypterus, Guenther says they have a
- 221 Plate p. 272--A kangaroo. Description of teeth.Plate p. 278--Wha Tapoua Roo, about the size of a Rac.o.o.n [probably an opossum].Plate p. 286--A Poto Roo or Kangaroo-Rat.Plate p. 288--Hepoona Roo.Rope, v. tr. to catch a horse or bullock with a noosed rope
- 222 (3) Eremophila mitch.e.l.li, Benth. N.O. Myoporinae; called also Sandalwood.1838. T. L. Mitch.e.l.l, `Three Expeditions,' vol. i. p. 203: "One or two trees of a warmer green, of what they call `rosewood,' I believe gave a fine effect, relie
- 223 The station or the `run,' as these squatting areas are called, borders upon the Darling, along which river it possesses a frontage of thirty-five lineal miles, with a back area of 800 square miles."1868. J. Bonwick, `John Batman, Founder of Vict
- 224 1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 92: "Morinish, was a worked-out rush close to Rockhampton, where the first attempt at gold-digging had been made in Queensland."(3) A stampede of cattle.1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensl
- 225 Some varieties are very rich in salt. RhaG.o.dia parabolica, R. Br., for instance, according to Mr. Stephenson, who accompanied Sir T. Mitch.e.l.l in one of his expeditions, yields as much as two ounces of salt by boiling two pounds of leaves.1870. T. H.
- 226 "0 heavens, this is my true-begotten father! who, being more than sand-blind, high-gravel blind, knows me not."On this, the American commentator, Mr. Rolfe, notes-- "Sand-blind. Dim of sight; as if there were sand in the eye, or perhaps flo
- 227 Sceloglaux, n. the scientific name of the genus containing the New Zealand bird called the Laughing Owl (see under Jacka.s.s). The name was given by Kaup in 1848; the bird had been previously cla.s.sed as Athene by Gray in 1844. It is now nearly extinct.
- 228 (p. 8): "The nearest scrub, in the thickets of which the Blacks could always find an impenetrable stronghold."1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 36: "A most magnificent forest of trees, called in Australia a `scrub,' t
- 229 "Almost all the Scrub-trees of the Condamine and Kent's Lagoon were still to be seen at the Burdekin."Scrub-Turkey, n. an Australian bird, Leipoa ocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey.Scrub-Vine, n. called also Nativ
- 230 Sea-Dragon, n. any Australian fish of any one of the three species of the genus Phyllopteryx, family Syngnathidae. The name of the genus comes from the Greek phullon = a leaf, and pterux = a wing.This genus is said by Guenther to be exclusively Australian
- 231 1875. Ibid. July 17, p. 123, col. 3: "The shanghai, which, as a secret instrument of mischief, is only less dangerous than the air-gun."1884. `Police Offences Act, New Zealand,' sec. 4, subsec. 23: "Rolls any cask, beats any carpet, fl
- 232 Hammer-head S.-- Zygaena malleus (Maori name, Mangopare).Port-eagle S.-- Lamna cornutica Spinous S.-- Echinorhinus spinosus.Tiger S.-- Scymnus sp. (Maori name, Mako).See also Blue-Pointer, Whaler, and Wobbegong.Shearer's Joy, n. a name given to colon
- 233 "Trees of a peculiar character--the Casuarinas or s.h.i.+acks-- part of which, with their more rigid and outstretched branches, resemble pine-trees, and others, with theirs drooping gracefully, resembling large trees of bloom."1859. D. Bunce, `A
- 234 "There are plenty of creeks in this country that have only so far been scratched--a hole sunk here and there and abandoned.No luck, no perseverance; and so the place has been set down as a duffer, or, as the old diggers' more expressive term had
- 235 Brown S.-T.-- C. brunnea, Gould.Buff-bellied S.-T.-- C. rufiventris, Gould.Grey S.-T.-- C. harmonica, Lath.; called also Port Jackson Thrush (q.v.).Little Shrike-Thrush-- Collyriocincla parvula, Gould.Pale-bellied S.-T.-- C. pallidirostris, Sharpe.Rufous-
- 236 1875. Gould and Sharpe, `Birds of New Guinea,' vol. iii.pl. 28: "Sittella albata, Pied Sittella."1890 `Victorian Statutes-Game Act' (Third Schedule): "Sittellas. [Close season.] From the first day of August to the 10th day of Dece
- 237 1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush Ballads From the Wreck,' p. 24: "Down with the slip-rails; stand back."1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 43: "He [a horse] would let down the slip-rails when shut into the stockyard, eve
- 238 The animal crushes its prey to death, and can hang from branches by means of its prehensile tail. In Tasmania, the name is unfortunately applied to a venomous snake, Hoplocephalus curtus, Schlegel.1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' c. i. p.
- 239 This rare and beautiful little snake is a clear example of the genus Furina."White-lipped-Snake.Name given to a small venomous species of whip-snake, Hoplocephalus coronoides, Gunth., found in Tasmania and Victoria, and reaching a length of about eig
- 240 Solomon's Seal, n. Not the Old World plant, which is of the genus Polygonatum, but the Tasmanian name for Drymophila cyanocarpa, R. Br., N.O. Liliacea; also called Turquoise Berry.Sonny, n. a common nominative of address to any little boy. In Austral
- 241 "A nocuous kind of gra.s.s, namely the dreaded spear-gra.s.s (Andropogon contortus), which grows on the coast, and which rendered sheep-raising impossible."Spear-Lily, n. See Lily.Spearwood, the wood of three trees so called, because the aborigi
- 242 Spiny-Lizard, n. i.q. Mountain Devil (q.v.).Split-stuff, n. timber sawn into lengths and then split.1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 159: "`Sawed stuff' and `split stuff,' by which is meant timber which is sawn in
- 243 "The squatters, as they are called, are men who occupy with their cattle, or their habitations, those spots on the confines of a colony or estate which have not yet become any person's private property. By the natural increase of their flocks an
- 244 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 114: "Gentle little squatter-pigeons cooed lovingly in answer to their mates on all sides."Squatterarchy, n. squatters collectively.1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c.
- 245 1880. A. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 76: "The battery was to have eight stampers."1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 11: "This, with the old battery, brings the number of stampers up to sixty."Ibid. p. 15: "A b
- 246 "I have been stuck up, trampled in the mud."1869. J. Townend, `Reminiscences of Australia,' p. 140: "Five or six bushrangers took up a position about a mile from town, and (to use a colonial phrase) `stuck up' every person that pa
- 247 1872. Hutton and Hector, `Fishes of New Zealand,' p. 121: "It has been recently discovered by the writer of the animated article in the `Field' on Fis.h.i.+ng in New Zealand [London, Nov.25, 1871], that `stingareeing' can be made to af
- 248 Stock-man, n. used in Australia for a man employed to look after stock.1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government Notice,' June 30, 1821, in E. Curr's `Van Diemen's Land' (edition 1824), p. 155: "It is the common practice with owners o
- 249 Did they const.i.tute the stone wall which was to oppose all progress--to prevent the finances being dealt with and the business of the country carried on? It was like bully Bottom's stone wall. It certainly could not be a very high wall, nor a very
- 250 "Amongst which appears the beautiful Clianthus, known to the colonists as Sturt's desert pea."[Footnote]: "Woodward in `Dampier's Voyages,' vol. iii. cap. 4, pl. 2. The plant is there called Colutea Novae-Hollandiae. Its name
- 251 "`Swagsmen' too, genuine, or only `sundowners,'--men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for the unrefusable `rations.'"1892. `Scribner's Magazine,' Feb., p. 143: "They swell the n.o.ble arm
- 252 "What is termed `surfacing' consists of simply was.h.i.+ng the soil on the surface of the ground, which is occasionally auriferous."1861. Mrs. Meredith, `Over the Straits,' c. iv. p. 133: "I've been surfacing this good while;
- 253 1875. Lady Barker, `Station Amus.e.m.e.nts in New Zealand,' p. 154: "Describing the real swagger, clad in flannel s.h.i.+rt, moleskin trowsers, and what were once thick boots."1890. `The Century,' vol. xli. p. 624 (`Century'): &qu
- 254 Swamp-Daisy-tree, n. See Daisy-tree.Swamp-Gum, n. See Gum.Swamp-Hawk, n. another name for the New Zealand Harrier. See Harrier.Swamp-Hen, n. an Australasian bird, Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. (often incorrectly shortened to Melanotus). Called sometimes th
- 255 "We found nine birds, that, whilst swimming, most perfectly resembled the rara avis of the ancients, a black swan."1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' p. 146: "Large ponds covered with ducks and black swans."1847. J
- 256 1889. Major Wilson and Edward Tregear, `On the Korotangi,'`Transactions of New Zealand Inst.i.tute,' vol. xxii. art. lxii.p. 505: "Many famous tribal heirlooms are hidden and lost to posterity.The Rev. Mr. Buller mentions a famous taiaha, o
- 257 "They were making the noises I heard to drive away the `Taipo,'a sort of devil who devotes his attention exclusively to Maoris, over whom, however, he only possesses power at night."1891. W. H. Roberts, `Southland in 1856,' p. 72: &quo
- 258 1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 125: "Tanakaha. A slender, handsome tree, sixty feet high; trunk rarely exceeds three feet in diameter; wood pale, close-grained, and excellent for planks and spars; resists decay in moist positions
- 259 1851. Mrs. Wilson, `New Zealand,' p. 24: "But chiefly thou, mysterious Tapu, From thy strange rites a hopeful sign we draw."1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes' (edition 1855), p. 281: "The tapu, which either temporarily or permanen
- 260 "Over Van Diemen's Land (or Tasmania, as we love to call it here), New South Wales enjoys also many advantages."1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes' (edition 1855), p. 491: "Tasmania is a more musical alias adopted by the island.It
- 261 "Tawa. A lofty forest tree, sixty to seventy feet high, with slender branches. The wood is light and soft, and is much used for making b.u.t.ter-kegs."Tawara, n. Maori name for the flower of the Kie-kie (q.v.), Freycinetia Banksii.Tawhai, or Taw
- 262 "The beer certainly contributed not a little. As I have already observed, we at first made it of a decoction of the spruce leaves; but finding that this alone made the beer too astringent, we afterwards mixed with it an equal quant.i.ty of the tea pl
- 263 "Shading a brook the tea-trees grew, Spangled with blossoms of whitish hue, Which fell from the boughs to the ground below, As fall from heaven the flakes of snow."1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 112: "The bottle-brush flowers
- 264 Thornback, n. special name for one of the Stingrays, Raia lemprieri, Richards., or Raja rostata, Castln., family Raijdae.1875. `Melbourne Spectator,' Aug. 28, p. 201, col. 3: "A thornback skate ... weighing 109 lbs., has been caught ... at North
- 265 1855. Rev. R. Taylor,' Te Ika a Maui,' p. 435: "The ti (Cordyline australis or Dracoena australis) is found in great abundance. Though so common, it has a very foreign look . . . the leaf is that of a flag, the flower forms a large droop an
- 266 Yellow-rumped T.-- Geobasileus chrysorrhoea, Quoy and Gaim.See also Tree-t.i.t.t.i.t-fish, n. a name given in North Australia to the Sea-slug, or Trepang; because the appearance of its tentacles suggests the teat of a cow.1880. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `
- 267 It is also called Prince of Wales' feather.1843. `An Ordinance for imposing a tax on Raupo Houses, Session II. No. xvii. of the former Legislative Council of New Zealand': [From A. Domett's collection of Ordinances, 1850.]"Section 2...
- 268 "Men had to cleave out a way for themselves with tomahawks."1888. A. Reischek, in Buller's `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. ii.p. 94: "The snow had been blown together, and was frozen so hard that I had to take my tomahawk to chop it
- 269 vol. i. p. 227: "The totarra or red-pine."1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.p. 221: "The totara is one of the finest trees in the forest, and is the princ.i.p.al wood used by the natives, whether for canoes, ho
- 270 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv.: Plate Climacteris scandens, Temm., Brown Tree-creeper . 93 C. rufa, Gould, Rufous T. . . . . . . . . 94 C. erythrops, Gould, Red-eyebrowed T. . . . . 95 C. melanotus, Gould, Black-backed T. . . . . 96 C
- 271 Trichosurus, n. the scientific name of a genus of the Phalangers (q.v.), or Australian Opossums (q.v.). (Grk. trichos, of hair, and 'oura, tail.) Trickett, n. slang name for a long drink of beer in New South Wales, after Trickett, the New South Wales
- 272 1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 83: "I took my meal in the hut, but we'd both the same kind of tucker."Tui, n. Maori name for the New Zealand bird, Prosthemadera novae-zelandae, Gray; called the Parson-bird (q.v.), and
- 273 "One evening a smart, handsome lad came to tell me his tupuna was dying ... The tribe were ke poto or a.s.sembled to the last man about the dying chief."Turbot, n. The name is given to a New Zealand fish, called also Lemon-Sole (q.v.) or Yellow-
- 274 Tutu, or Toot, n. Maori name for a shrub or small tree, Coriaria ruscifolia, Linn., or C. sarmentosa, Forst., of New Zealand, widely distributed. It bears greenish flowers, and s.h.i.+ny pulpy black berries. From these the Maoris make a wine resembling li
- 275 "... being all in and around the umus (or native ovens) in which they had been cooked."1882. S. Locke, `Traditions of Taupo,' `Transactions of the New Zealand Inst.i.tute,' vol. xv. art. liv. p. 440: "They killed Kurimanga the pri
- 276 1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' c. xxvii.p. 418: "In Melbourne there is the `verandah'; in Sandhurst there is a `verandah'; in Ballaarat there is a `verandah.' The verandah is a kind of open exchange--some place on
- 277 "The word `waddie,' though commonly applied to the weapons of the New South Wales aborigines, does not with them mean any particular implement, but is the term used to express wood of any kind, or trees. `You maan waddie 'long of fire,'
- 278 1873. Lt.-col. St. John, `Pakeha Rambles through Maori Lands,' p. 167: "When we see a chance of getting at waipiro, we don't stick at trifles."1887. The Warrigal, `Picturesque New Zealand,' `Canterbury Weekly Press,' March 11: "The priest was more
- 279 For etymology, see Wallaroo.1798. D. Collins, `Account of English Colony in New South Wales,' p. 614 [Vocabulary]: "Wal-li-bah--a black kangaroo."1830. R. Dawson' `Present State of Australia,' p. 111: "In the long coa.r.s.e gra.s.s with which these
- 280 "The wallaby track? That's the name in Australia for trampin'west, through the plains of the Never Never Country, lookin'for the luck o' the world."1894. Longmans' `Notes on Books' (May 31), p. 206: "`On the Wallaby: a Book of Travel and Adventur
- 281 1885. Wanderer, `Beauteous Terrorist,' etc., p. 62: "And the waratahs in state, With their queenly heads elate, And their flamy blood-red crowns, And their stiff-frill'd emerald gowns."1888. D. Macdonald, I Gum Boughs,' p. 188: "Outside the tropical
- 282 "But at present warrigal means a wild dog."1891. J. B. O`Hara, `Songs of the South,' p. 22: "There, night by night, I heard the call The inharmonious warrigal Made, when the darkness swiftly drew Its curtains o'er the starry blue."(2) A Horse.1881.
- 283 "I expressed my thirst and want of water. Looking as if they understood me, they [the aboriginals] hastened to resume their work, and I discovered that they dug up the roots for the sake of drinking the sap ... They first cut these roots into billets, an
- 284 Wattle-and-Dab, a rough mode of architecture, very common in Australia at an early date. The phrase and its meaning are Old English. It was originally Wattle-and-daub. The style, but not the word, is described in the quotation from Governor Phillip, 1789.
- 285 "The wattle-bird sings in the leafy plantation."1880. Mrs. Meredith, `Tasmanian Friends and Foes,' p. 119: "The pretty, graceful wattle-birds are ... much esteemed for the table, cooked as snipe and woodc.o.c.ks are in England ... Our pretty, elegant
- 286 Weka, Rail, n. See Weka.Well-in, adj. answering to `well off,' `well to do,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of these expressions.1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 1: "He's a well-in squatter that took up runs or
- 287 "Raupo whares were put up."1889. `Cornhill Magazine,' Jan., p. 35: "Ten minutes more brought us to my friend's `whare,'--the Maori name for house."1886. `Otago Witness,' Jan. 23, p. 42: "The pas close at hand give up their population,--only the b
- 288 Whistling d.i.c.k, n. Tasmanian name for a Shrike-Thrush. Called also Duke- w.i.l.l.y.1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,'vol. ii. pl. 77: "Colluricincla Selbii, Jard., Whistling d.i.c.k of the Colonists of Van Diemen's Land."Whistlin
- 289 1892. Malcolm Ross, `Aorangi,' p. 37: "Almost impenetrable scrub, composed mainly of wild Irishman (Discaria toumatou) and Sword-gra.s.s (Aciphylla Colensoi)."1896. `The Australasian,' Aug. 28, p. 407, col. 5: "... national appell
- 290 1859. A. S. Thomson, `Story of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 236: "Before the Wewis, as the French are now called, departed."1873. H. Carleton, `Life of Henry Williams,' p. 92: "The arrival of a French man-of-war was a sensational even
- 291 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 81: "The wombat is very powerful, and can turn a boulder almost as large as itself out of the way when it bars the road."1889. Ca.s.sell's `Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iv. p. 183: "Ther
- 292 Ibid. p. 201: "The combats of the natives near Sydney were sometimes attended by parties of the inland or wood savages."Wooden Pear, n. a tree peculiar to New South Wales and Queensland, Xylomelum pyriforme, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae; called also N
- 293 "Taking with him, therefore, on board the Port Phillip, presents of spears, wommeras, boomerangs, and stone tomahawks, he tried to get from the Williamstown waters."1889. P. Beveridge, `Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina,'p. 48: "Spea
- 294 "He took His axe, and shaped with boughs and wattle-forks A wurley, fas.h.i.+oned like a bushman's roof."X Xanthorrhoea, n. scientific name for a genus of Australian plants, N.O. Liliaceae, having thick palm-like trunks. They exude a yellow
- 295 Yarra-Bend, n. equivalent to the English word Bedlam. The first lunatic asylum of the colony of Victoria stood near Melbourne on a bend of the river Yarra.Yarrah, n. aboriginal name for a species of Eucalyptus, E. rostrata, Schlecht; often called the Rive
- 296 Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages……
- 297 Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages……