Item 02: 'Aboriginal words and names - Lower Clarence River Dialect, compiled by Robert Leycester Dawson', September 1935 - Page 15

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Physical Features of the Country

Mountain ... Joor-lum

Hill ... Wah-mun

Plain ... Ah-nah-mon

Stone ... Lum-bar-rum

Big stone, or rock. ... Wid-lah-rah
 
Trees

A tree (general, any kind) ... Lar-ye-gal

Leaning tree ... Woo-roo-nin-gah

Dead tree ... Woo-rah-rah-gah

Stump ... U-loo-gun-gah

Root ... Why-an

Leaves ... Yah-goo-rah

Blossoms ... Goo-rhy-mum

Wattle blossoms ... Goors-ray

Bark (of any tree) ... Oos-rah

Thick brush ... Arl-gah-rah

Jungle (or more open brush) ... Moor-roor-wee
 
Trees of the Dense Brushes

Red cedar ... Wool-ly-ee

Hoop pine ... Balang-goo-reebee

Giant fig ... Warrah-bee

Bean tree, or Moreton Bay chestnut. ... Wee-coor-lee

Plum, or boomerang, tree ... Ee-ky-ee
 

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