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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Plate XY. 
BULL-ROARERS OR WOODEN CHURINGAS OF THE QUEENSLAND ABORIGINES. 
Figures 1 and 2. 
Two bull-roarers both made of the same soft white gum, possibly toys. 
The larger of the two. Specimen No. Q.E. 13/246, measures 161 mm. X 23 mm.; 
whereas the smaller specimen. No. Q.E. 13/247, only measures 112 mm. X 13 mm. 
The reverse sides differ slightly in pattern, and are if anything more rudely 
graved. 
Locality : Georgina River, N. W. C. Queensland. Donated by Mr. 
Glissan. 
Figure 3. 
Dimensions : 182 mm. X 21 mm. 
Very roughly fashioned, especially on the reverse side, where the lines run 
into one another unintelligibly; acutely pointed at both ends. Probably a toy. 
Locality: South-East Queensland. Q.M. Specimen No.: Q.E. 13/248. 
Figure 4. 
Dimensions : 229 mm. X 26 mm. 
A roughly made and rather modern-looking implement. Reverse side 
provided with three very imperfect circles and a few rough lines top and bottom 
of the largest and uppermost one. Soft wood; red ochre. String instead of 
human hair cord. 
Locality: Glenormiston : N. W. C. Queensland. Q.M. Specimen No.: Q.E. 
13/249. 
Figure 5. 
Dimensions : 125 mm. X 7 mm. 
A small implement made of scrub timber; just split, the nature of the 
wood (interlocked) being responsible for the wavy lines. No ornamentation of 
any kind visible. The human hair cord was originally attached to a piece of 
catgut which was fastened through the hole of the whirler. 
Locality: West of Charleville, Queensland. Donated by Mr. A. Meston. 
Q.M. Specimen No. : Q.E. 13/251 . 
Figure 6. 
Dimensions: 180 mm. X 42 mm. 
Obverse side almost identically the same as the reverse. Figured in Edge- 
Partington, p. 118, No. 9. 
Locality: Glenormiston, N. W. C. Queensland. Q.M. Specimen No.: Q.E. 
13/252. 
