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NAMES OF DIFFERENT WOODS AND OTHER ARTICLES. 
USED BY THE YARRA NATIVES FOR WEAPONS, ETC. ' 
Ascertained by C. Walter, Esq. ; the Material identified by 
Fekd. Muellek, M.D., F.R.S. 
{Communicated by C. Carter Blake, Esq.) 
Binnap (Manna Gum-tree) = Eucalyptus vimbudis, Labill. For 
Geeamo (flat shield). 
Bailie (Cherry-tree) = Exocarpus cupressiformis, Labill. For Gurreks 
(spear-t 1 1 rower) . 
Burgun (Mountain Tea-tree) = Ktuuea pedunculari*, F. Muell. For 
Goyjuns (kangaroo spears); Breapang or Warm-Warns (fighting- 
sticks with bud-end) ; Gudjerons (waddies, or clubs) ; Wankins 
(fighting boomerang). 
Dargoyne (Messmate) = Eucalyptus For Goyjuns (spears). 
jehvuck = Hedycarya Cunningham. For spear-ends or firesticks 
(native fire-kindler). 
Karawun = Xe rotes longifolia, R. Br. For baskets. 
Bowat = Poa australis, B. Br. For net-bags (Billang-Cowat). 
Mooejong (Blackwood) Acacia melanoxylon, R. Br. For Mulgas (club- 
shield). 
oolhp (light Tea-tree shrub) = Leptotpermunt lanigerum, Ait. For 
Goyjuns (spears), 
ayetuk (She-Oak) = Casuarina leptoclada, Miq. For Boomerangs. 
°°eyork or Wangnarra (Stringy-bark tr< ) = Eucalyptus obliqua, 
lent. The fibre of which is used for strings on baskets, spears, 
etc. 
■* (Gum), from any portion of Acacia mollis ma , Willd., which is 
used for fixing the bottom ends of the spears (taken from a small 
Wattle-tree (Acacia) in the Lodden district). 
*»«g (stone), used for spear-teeth. 
aru P' or Bethin (« unio shell found iD the creeks). This shell is pow- 
ei ^d and mixed with the above gum (jurk), forming a cement 
which is used for fixing the stones (muugs) into the spears, also 
r 0r fixin S the bottom-cud of the spear. 
Wrong (Wattle-tree) = Acacia mollixsima, Willd. For Mulgas (club- 
s ,le Ws), boomerangs, and spears. 
