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This is a description of an aboriginal grave consisting of a hemispherical 
mound llanked by three concentric lower mounds (rows of seats). 
. . . “to the west and north of the grave were two cypress t ees * distant between fifty and sixty 
feet; the sides towards the tomb were birked, and curious characters deeply cut upon them, in a manner 
which, considering the tools they possess, must have been a work of great labour and timew” 
Start .—“ Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia.” 1833, 
i, 11. 
In 1828 Sturt passed down the banks of the Macquarie River, and at Buddah 
Lake be briefly describes a native grave and carved trees, which with his illustration 
“ Burial place near the Budda,” shows that what he saw was very similar to that 
observed by Oxlev. 
Addendum. —Mr. J. G. Saxton gives the following Victorian aboriginal 
names for trees : — 
“Bolwarra ”—Native laurel-tree. 
“ Bunn ”—Native tea-tree. 
“ Boosey ” or “ Boosi ”—Gum. 
“ Bael Bael ”—Gum-trees. 
“ Barp ”—Mother, white, or upland gum-tree of the Avoca natives. 
“ Bavup ”—A kind of gum tree. 
“ Towong ”—Marma-tree, a tall white gum. 
“ Warracknabeal ’’—Large gum-trees. 
“Weeah”— Narrow-leaved Mallee. 
“ Warmur ”—Young box-tree. 
I shall be glad if my readers would assist me in arriving at the identity of 
these trees, whether they extend to New South Wales or not. 
* Probably Catlitrix rohimta. 
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