currajong
Britishnoun
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We saw two or three dozen grass-trees to-day, also some quandong and currajong trees, and camped again in scrubs where there was only a few leguminous bushes for the camels to eat.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
With us we had an old ship's carpenter, who helped to make a canoe from a currajong tree.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)
Amongst these I observed broad-leaved ironbark and broad-leaved box, bloodwood, currajong, and bottle-trees.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
When a certain class of bushman says 'mallee', he means any sort of scrub except lignum; and when he says 'mulga', he means any tree except pine or currajong.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
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