Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages, with Those Aboriginal-Australian and Maori Words Which Have Become Incorporated in the Language and the Commoner Scientific Words That Have Had Their Origin in Australasia
Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages, with Those Aboriginal-Australian and Maori Words Which Have Become Incorporated in the Language and the Commoner Scientific Words That Have Had Their Origin in Australasia
Excerpt: ...Glossary, in Geographical Memoirs of New South Wales, ' p. 502: "Currijong or Natives' cordage tree (Hibiscus heterophyllus)." 1832. J. Bischoff, Van Diemen's Land, ' vol. ii. p. 25: "The curragong is sometimes found; its inner bark may be manufactured into ropes." 1846. C. P. Hodgson, Reminiscences of Australia, ' p. 149: "The currajong ( i Sterculia /i )is used for cordage, and makes strong, close, but not very durable ropes." 1847. L. Leichhardt, Overland Expedition, ' vol. iii. p. 91: "Dillis neatly worked ...
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Excerpt: ...Glossary, in Geographical Memoirs of New South Wales, ' p. 502: "Currijong or Natives' cordage tree (Hibiscus heterophyllus)." 1832. J. Bischoff, Van Diemen's Land, ' vol. ii. p. 25: "The curragong is sometimes found; its inner bark may be manufactured into ropes." 1846. C. P. Hodgson, Reminiscences of Australia, ' p. 149: "The currajong ( i Sterculia /i )is used for cordage, and makes strong, close, but not very durable ropes." 1847. L. Leichhardt, Overland Expedition, ' vol. iii. p. 91: "Dillis neatly worked of koorajong bark." 1849. J. P. Townsend, Rambles in New South Wales, ' p. 214: "In such a valley in which stands a spreading corrijong ( i Sterculia diversifolia /i ), which has a strong resemblance to the English oak, I constantly found a flock of sheep." 1862. W. Archer, Products of Tasmania, ' p. 41: "Currajong ( i Plagianthus sidoides /i, Hook). The fibres of the bark are very strong. It is a large shrub, found chiefly on the southern side of the Island, in various and shady places, and grows rapidly." 1878. Rev. W. W. Spicer, Handbook of the Plants of Tasmania, ' p. 104: " i Plagianthus sidoides /i, Hooker. Currijong, i N.O. Malvaceae /i . Peculiar to Tasmania." 1883. G. W. Rusden, History of Australia, ' vol. i. p. 77: "The currejong of the forest, and the casuarina which lines the rivers, stand with brighter green in cheering contrast to the dulness of surrounding leaves." 1881, . W. R. Guilfoyle, Australian Botany' (second edition), p. 162: "The aborigines apply the name Kurrajong, or Currijong, to some Pimeleas; but it would appear that this native name is indiscriminately given to any plant possessing a tough bark." 1888. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia, ' vol. iii. p. 138: "Quaint currajongs . . . very like in form to the stiff wooden trees we have all played with in childish days." L hw Laburnum, Native /hw, i n /i . the Tasmanian i Clover-tree, Goodenia lotifolia /i, Sal., i N.O. Leguminosae /i . hw Laburnum, Sea-coast /hw, i n /i...
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