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Collected 22nd April, 1846, when Mitchell was at St. George’s Bridge, say, 
28° N. and 148° 60' E. on the Balonne Biver, Queensland. 
Vernacular Names. —The “ Cooba,” or “ Koobah,” of the aborigines and 
colonists of western New South Wales. “ Native Willow ” is another name. 
Called “Broughton Willow” in South Australia. “ Gurley or Curley tree” of the 
Bogan, New* South Wales (A. W. Mullen). 
Aboriginal Names. —Mitchell calls it “Goohang,” perhaps really the same 
as “ Cooba,” the modern name. About the Castlereagh Biver (New South Wales) 
it is one of the trees which takes the name of “ Motlierumba.” “ Bremgu ” is 
the name at the Lake Hindmarsli aboriginal station (Victoria). “ Bakka ” is a 
Queensland aboriginal name. “ Balkura ” is a South Australian name. 
Leaves. —The leaves are eaten by stock. This is another tree which is 
rapidly becoming scarce, owing to the partiality of stock to it. 
Bark. —Mentioned by Sir T. Mitchell for poisoning the fish in small lagoons, 
and Mr. Hill says that the natives of the Eitzroy Biver, Queensland, put it to a 
like purpose. 
Following is a condensed account of the analyses of two specimens of this 
hark, recorded by me in Proc. P.S. N.S. JV., 1888, 268 :—* 
a. Tarella, Wilcannia.—Height, 20-25 feet; diameter, 12-18 inches. Collected 
August, 1887 ; analysed August, 1888. A coarse flaky bark, not so fibrous, more 
compact, and altogether more promising looking than most of the dry-country 
harks. Average thickness, up to f inch; tannic acid, 13*21 per cent.; extract, 
36*28 per cent. 
b. Momba, Wilcannia.—Height, 30-40 feet ; diameter, 12-18 inches. 
Collected August, 1S87; analysed September, 1888. Not flaky on the outside like 
No. 1, but a harder, bonier bark ; more rugged, but obviously a promising bark. 
Thickness, up to 1 inch ; tannic acid, 13*51 per cent. ; extract, 33*1 per cent. 
A sample from the Lachlan Biver, N.S.W., which had then been in the 
Technological Museum five years, is a good specimen of this bark, being fairly 
smooth, close, compact, and containing comparatively little fibre. It was analysed 
May, 1890, and found to contain 151 per cent, of tannic acid, and 32*75 per cent, 
of extract. 
This species is undoubtedly worthy of conservation, and even culture, in the 
dry interior where it is found, particularly as the harks there arc usually so poor in 
tannic acid. The blacks are aware of the value of this tan-bark, as they use it for 
tanning wallaby and other skins. 
