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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Plate XIII. 
BULL-ROARERS OR WOODEN CHURINGAS OF THE QUEENSLAND ABORIGINES. 
Figure 1. 
Dimensions : 290 mm. X 52 mm. 
Native name “ Wilmurra/’ Kalkadoon tribe. Roughly finished, concavo- 
convex, crude ornamentation in form of badly cut lines (in threes) on one side 
of the whirler only. Wood (very dark), though hard, splits easily in direction 
of grain. Provided with human hair cord, which is attached to hole and 
cemented with gum cement. Roughly figured in Edge-Partington (Australia), 
p. 118, No. 10; erroneously called <l Wilmuna. ?? 
Locality: Leichhardt (Selwyn District). N. W. C. Queensland. Donated 
by Mr. A. Meston. Specimen No.: Q.E. 13/237. 
Figure 2. 
Dimensions : 359 mm. X 40 mm. 
With two star-shaped designs, two semicircles, and numerous transverse 
lines; reverse side similar. The human hair cord attached to this specimen 
measures 5 ft. 6\Z 2 in. in length. 
Locality : Glenormiston, N. W. C. Queensland. Specimen No. : Q;.E. 13/239. 
Figure 3. 
Dimensions : 327 mm. X 47 mm. 
The outer portions smeared with blood, to which feather-down has been 
attached, a good deal of which has worn off in handling ; human hair cord 
attached. The reverse side is ornamented with one large circle of concentric lines 
in the centre, and the remaining space is taken up by transverse lines of a very 
rough nature. Figured in Edge-Partington, p. 118, No. 5. 
Locality : Glenormiston, N. W. C. Queensland. Specimen No. : Q.E. 13/240. 
Figure 4. 
Dimensions : 391 mm. X 52 mm. 
The five concentric circles are compassed on their sides by a series of five 
lines running snake-like nearly the whole length of the implement ; four series 
of short lines occupy some of the short intervening spaces. Reverse side very 
similar. 
Locality: Queensland (exact locality unknown). Specimen No.: Q;.M. 
13/254. 
