witch in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2
distichopbylla. J. Hooker. 51 Burn - - - . No flower or fruit. 52 Oats - - - - Marmoitch - No flower or fruit. 53 Yullam Erodium cicutarium. C. Heritier. 54 One-loaved wild potato Marungin - - - No flower or fruit. 55 Broom, No. 2 - - Bewiirr . . - Baeckia Behrii. F. von Mueller. 56 Broom, No. 1 Dy…
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- 3,553
- Year
- 1,878
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 3553
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- Publication
- The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2; R. Brough Smyth
- Published
- 1878 public-domain Victorian and Tasmanian ethnographic source exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
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- Public-text label
- witch
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
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- VIC
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distichopbylla. J. Hooker. 51 Burn - - - . No flower or fruit. 52 Oats - - - - Marmoitch - No flower or fruit. 53 Yullam Erodium cicutarium. C. Heritier. 54 One-loaved wild potato Marungin - - - No flower or fruit. 55 Broom, No. 2 - - Bewiirr . . - Baeckia Behrii. F. von Mueller. 56 Broom, No. 1 Dyiirr - - - •■ Melaleuca uncinata. E. Brown. 57 Golden-wattle Witch - - - - Acacia pycnantha. 58 Native cherry Nyora - . - - Exocarpus spartea. B. Brown. 59 1 NgenyenyegowanduUang Aster pimeloides. Ferd. von Mueller. 174 THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA: Plants, mth native names, received from Mr. Joseph Shaw, of the Ahori- giual Station at.
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