Item 02: 'Aboriginal words and names - Lower Clarence River Dialect, compiled by Robert Leycester Dawson', September 1935 - Page 16

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Boomerang tree, another kind ... Noo-koor-ree

Stinging tree (big leaf) ... Yirris-tar-lee

Stinging tree (small leaf) ... Lull-won-gah

Cabbage tree palm ... Baw-war-ram-bin

Bangalow palm ... Wee-kee-bin-wik
 

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Note
The boomerang trees had symmetrically curved thin slabby, 
roots, or hips, above ground, from which boomerangs could be
easily cut with the right curve and shape, needing only to be
trimmed down to the correct thickness and weight
 

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Trees of the Open Forest.

Ironbark (Grey) ... Ulgar-lah-gah

Ironbark (Red) ... Walloo-woggah

Redgum ... Monor-ro-gaie

Spottedgum ... Walloo-agah

Bloodwood (E. Corymbosa) ... Wenee-ar-bee

Blackbutt ... Nah-dar-bee

Stringybark ... Lardah-ree-gah

Tallowwood ... Wah-nah-gah

Turpentine ... Yerra-cor-dinga

Turpentine (tall, for piles) ... Urum-abbee

Apple tree (Angophora) ... Morool-gay-ee

Swamp mahogany ... Nah-nah-un-gah