Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 1909; with introduction, notes and index by Robert L. Dawson, 1936 - Page 27

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Note
Mr Hewitt gives no explanation as to three
different names for dilly-bag. They may
represent varying dialects or may be
names from the same dialect for different
sizes or shapes of these cleverly woven bags.
So far as I recollect they varied considerably
in size though very little in shape or construction.
Mr Hewitt describes the raw material as "reed"
but really it is a grass, flat stemmed and
tough, and grows in clumps on sandstone
ridges. I am not certain of the words
"scrap net" (it may be "shrimp") and "paddymelon
net" as they are very indistinctly written and
the long word is abbreviated.
                                                      R.L.D