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THE ELEMENTS, ETC. – Continued.
Fire ... Wah-gai
Bushfire ... Yoon-dee-wahgai
Smoke ... Nah-roo-gin
Charcoal ... Nit-kee
Ashes ... Moon-ger-roll
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
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TREES – Continued.
Plum, or boomerang, tree ... Ee-ky-ee
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
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
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
Tea tree (big kind) ... Wo-no-ee
Tea tree (small, prickly) ... Wahco-inbee
Forest oak ... Noo-loy-yee or No-noy-yee
Swamp oak ... Wir-rahn-dee
Geebung ... Woo-roo-rah-bee
Wattle tree (also Wattlegum) ... T'chun-nin-gah
Honeysuckle, or bottle-brush, big flower. ... Wood-goor-gyee
Honeysuckle, (small flower) ... Urrah-why-gyee
Honeysuckle (stunted) ... Me-ah-reel-mum
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Grass tree (giant kind) ... Ah-rarn-goorah-bee
Shield tree (like a coral tree or sycamore) ... Yah-rah-gul-bee
Note: The "Yahrahgulbee" tree grew mostly in
forest country or the Clarence and Richmond. It is
deciduous, its wood is soft and heavy and cuts like
cheese when green, but dries light and tough. A shield
piece was cut out about 2 [?] x 1' and about 4 inches
thick. It was then trimmed to an oval shape and
shaped convex on the front side, the reverse side being
left flat. On the reverse the hand grip was cut out
while the material was green and soft. Two incisions
were made in the centre, a [bar?], round, which the fingers
were to cling, being left between the incisions. The
complete shield was then smoke dried and the converse
side rubbed with native bee's wax, and polished, so
that flying missiles might be more easily deflected by
it. The shield was called "Yahrahgul" in the Lower
Clarence dialect and "Buckgar" in Casino-Lismore dialect.
VINES ETC OF THE BRUSHES
Lawyer vine ... Nah-boi-bee
Bamboo vine ... Uk-kar-yell
Vine used for tree climbing ... Ul-wah-gill
Water vine (when cut drinkable water exudes, also it was sometimes used for tree climbing) ... Bun-yarn-bee
Yam vine (the roots produce an edible tuber) ... Irrah-wy-gah
Little yam vine (the roots produce an edible tuber) ... Murjerah-Murjerah.
Ferns ... Un-goorn-din
Staghorn fern ... Nay-arn-goo
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