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Generally, entries contain only sufficient information for the haiku to be appreciated,
but in some cases I've provided links for further reading.

Entries, not in any order, are included for:

  Aborigine
Dung Beetle*
Water Dragon
Outback
Brush Turkey
Anzac
Gidgea
Uluru
Dreaming
Interpreter
Bottlebrush
Emu
Rifle
Aust Terrier
Hills Hoist
Bush Fire
Budgie
Wallaby
Antbed Court*
Cutting Out
Galah
Rosella
Cazaley
Swag
Kookaburra
Ghost Gum
Banksia-dying
Dingo
Wattle
Bellbird
Frogmouth
Waratah
Flags(beach)
Christmas Bells
Koala
Brolga
Bittern/Bunyip
Possum
Whipbird
Magpie
Flying Fox
Cockatoo
Koori Flag
Sheep
Bondi
Loorikeet
Shearer
Black Swan
Tin Roof
Cape Byron
Wedge-tail Eagle
Seasons
Gunyah
Light Horseman
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Aborigine

Aborigines, Indigenous Australians, have the longest continuous cultural history of any group of people on Earth. They are recognised to have arrived in Australia from 40,000 to 70,000 years ago. Prior to the arrival of European settlers the population of Indigenous Australians was estimated to be between 300,000 and 1 million. The distribution of people was similar to that of the current Australian population, with the majority living in the south east centered along the Murray River. There were 500–600 distinct groups of Aborigines speaking about 200 different languages or dialects (at least 50 of which are now extinct). Although culturally diverse, these groups were not political and economic entities and lacked class hierarchies and chiefs. They lived by hunting and gathering, and there was extensive intergroup trade throughout the continent.
more reading


'cast a long shadow' — somebody who was important was said to be 'a big man' and thence, to 'cast a long shadow.'


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Entry for:   'Dreaming'

'Dreaming' or the 'Aboriginal Dreamtime' is that part of aboriginal culture which explains the origins and culture of the land and its people. Dreamtime is Aboriginal Religion and Culture.   more reading


'Dot painting' - the style of painting favoured by many Aborigines.
'Yam' - the edible tubor of a plant; a staple for many Aboriginal peoples.
'Yam Dreaming' paintings

'Billy' - a cylindrical container for boiling water to make tea; to boil the billy;
'While the Billy Boils' - a book of short stories by Australian story writer and poet, Henry Lawson, 1867-1922.


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Entry for:    Uluru

Uluru (formerly "Ayers Rock") is an Aboriginal sacred site in the middle of Australia. It's the world's largest monolith, 10kms around the base and 348 metres high.


Image courtesy of Christalinks

A message from the traditional owners.

'sunburnt country': well-known words from Dorothy McKellar's poem My Country

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Entry for:    Bondi Beach

Sydney's best-known surfing beach is Bondi in the Shire of Waverley.

 


It's the venue for the various festivals including Festival of the Winds.
Held each spring, kite flying is the feature of this festival.


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Entry for:    Antbed Court

Tennis is played throughout the year but seems to be most often associated with spring.


Tennis courts surfaced with material from anthills and termite mounds were common in the bush. They made an excellent playing surface and many champions learnt their craft on them.


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Entry for:    Water Dragon

The Australian Water Dragon grows to almost four feet, has a large head, jowl and a spiny crest. It runs like a dinausor. Sunning or catching insects, it is motionless while waiting. It hibernates in winter, and re-emerges in spring.

Images and facts courtesy and ©
Australian National Botanic Gardens



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Entry for:    Outback / Road trains

"Outback" is a common term, loosely used for the sparsely populated inland of the Australian continent.

Images of the Outback, courtesy and © Australian Geographic

Simpson Desert, WA
Photo: Edward Stokes

Broken Hill, NSW
Photo: Barry Skipsey

Newhaven, NT.
Photo: Barry Skipsey

For further reading see:   The Corner Country        and        Lonely Planet - Australian Outback


   Road trains are used to move freight, livestock and minerals over huge distances on inland roads of Australia. The normal road train comprises a prime mover and three 44-foot trailers, with an all-up load of 120 tons. In mining, they haul six trailers or more.[pic later]

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Entry for:    Australian Brush-Turkey


"The Australian brush turkey can be found in NSW and Queensland. It lives in humid forests along the eastern seaboard and inland to the wetter ranges..." -- from NPWS Fact Sheet, recommended for further reading.

It is a fowl-like bird that incubates eggs in a litter mound. The male adjusts mound temperature by adding or removing litter.

Other fact sheets and pics:  
australian museum online            and          Australian Natural History Safari

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Entry for:    Gidgea Tree


Gidgea trees , [photograph courtesy and © Ruth Sandow]
a species of acacia that survives in desert conditions along water courses on stony gibber plains.


Gibber plains are inland plains covered with red-brown, wind-polished, gibber stones that are close-packed and form patterns.

Where the Dead Men Lie is the title poem of a book of ballads by Australian poet, Barcroft Boake.

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Entry for:    Interpreter


The poem alludes to the "Stolen Generation", the forceful taking by government and religous organizations, of indiginous children from their families. Raised within white institutions and families, they lost their Aboriginal culture and many lost their native language.

further reading





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Entry for:    Bottlebrush
Bottlebrushes (Callistemon) belong to the family Myrtaceae. They are closely related to paperbark melaleucas, which also have 'bottlebrush'-shaped flowers. The spikes bloom in spring and summer.

Callistemon 'Pink Sensation'.   Photographer: E. Morgan

Image courtesy and ©
Australian National Botanic Gardens


more Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) reading and images

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Entry for:    Anzac


"ANZAC Day - 25 April - [autumn] is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACs, and the pride they soon took in that name endures to this day."

"Australians recognise 25 April as an occasion of national commemoration. Commemorative services are held at dawn, the time of the original landing, across the nation. Later in the day ex-servicemen and women meet and join in marches through the major cities and many smaller centres. Commemorative ceremonies are held at war memorials around the country. It is a day when Australians reflect on the many different meanings of war."

-- from the Australian War Memorial webpage: The Anzac Day Tradition


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Entry for:    Cutting Out the Cheque


Shearers worked in gangs (teams) on a station until it was "cut out" (all the sheep were shorn). Then they were paid for all their work at that station, with a single cheque.(check) Most shearers would head for the nearest town and stay there until they had cut out (spent) their cheque. Some entrusted their cheque to the publican who told them when their credit was gone and their hell-raising had to end.

Holding Pen -- the yard adjacent to a shearing shed where sheep were held, waiting to be shorn.


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Entry for:    Shearer

Shearers were the "characters" of the wool industry and shaped much of Australia's 'bush' legacy.

photograph:
click to enlarge

Image courtesy of © Australian Geographic

The great shearer's strike of 1891-94 laid the foundations for the labour movement in Australia.

Shearers were hard men who worked intensely during the short shearing season (late winter), often under atrocious conditions. When the last shed was "cut out" (all the sheep shorn in the last shearing shed for the season) shearers were paid with a single cheque (check) for their season's work. Many shearers did not make it past the nearest town that had a pub; they stayed there until they had "cut out the cheque" (spent all their pay).

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  Entry for:    Galah

"The Galah is one of the most abundant and familiar of the Australian parrots, found in large flocks, in a variety of timbered habitats, usually near water." From Galah Fact Sheet, Australian Museum, for further reading.


click to enlarge Galah in Canberra garden

Image courtesy of and ©
National Archives of Australia
NAA: A6135, K3/8/81/8


In Australian slang, a galah is a foolish showoff, as in: You bloody galah!.


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Entry for:    Rosella

One of a number of brilliantly coloured parrots, common in eastern Australia.

Image courtesy of Australian Museum
Crimson Rosella.

Photo: R Major © Australian Museum
Further reading: Australian Museum fact sheet

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Entry for:    Cazaley

In Australian Rules football (aussie rules or footie), a winter sport, Roy Cazaley was a legendary player, famous for his high-leaping marks (catching of the football) despite not being a tall man.

He gave rise to the phrase,
"Up there Cazaley",
used as a battle cry in WWII,
and to a song of the same name,
sung at footie grand finals and other
spiritual occasions.

MCG or The G - Melbourne Cricket Ground where footie grand finals are played in September, spring.

[Cazaley never had the honour of playing for the premier footie club, Collingwood.]



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Entry for:    Swag/Swaggie

A swag (Australian slang) is a bedroll carried by a swaggie, an itinerant/hobo; and an Australian icon.
A swag was also known as a bluey, as in "hump the bluey", and as a matilda , as in the song Waltzing Matilda.See entry in Wikipedia.



The Swaggie
paintings courtesy and ©

Fred Himmelsbach

<---click to enlarge--->

... Till The Billy Boils


and
a National Library of Australia picture

Scones -- "biscuits" in America.

The Long Paddock -- a stock route or open road where people too poor to own paddocks, or any grazier in times of drought, could drove their stock to graze them.


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Entry for:    Kookaburra

"The chuckling voice that gives this species its English name is a common and familiar sound throughout the bird's range. The loud 'koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' is often sung in a chorus with other individuals." -- from Australian Museum Fact Sheet: Laughing Kookaburra.


Image courtesy of Australian Museum
Kookaburra

Photo: G Threlfo/Nature Focus © Australian Museum
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Entry for:    Ghost Gum

The Ghost Gum, Eucalyptus coriacea, is a medium-sized tree with smooth white bark.


Image courtesy of Australian Geographic
Ghost Gum
West MacDonnells behind

Photographer: Barry Skipsey
© Australian Geographic

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Entry for:    King Parrot


Australian King-Parrot, male

Photos: K Vang and W Dabrowka
/ Bird Explorers

© K Vang and W Dabrowka

Images courtesy of the Australian Museum

For further reading see: Birds in Backyards fact sheet

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Entry for:    Wattle

Wattle ( Acacia pycnantha, Golden Wattle) is the national floral emblem of Australia.
1 September (the first day of spring) is officially 'National Wattle Day' but in most areas wattle blooms in late winter and is spoken of as 'the barbinger of spring'. Further reading

There are more than 900 species of Acacia in Australia, making it the largest genus in the Australian flora. Hundreds of images on the ANBG website

Acacia ambylgona
'Winter Gold'


Photographer: M Fagg

© M Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens
All images courtesy and © ANBG


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Entry for:    Bellbird

The Bellbird, or more correctly, the Bell Miner, is a honeyeater noted for its bell-like musical call.

Bell Miner on a branch

Photo: K Vang and W Dabrowka / Bird Explorers
© K Vang and W Dabrowka / Bird Explorers
more information


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Entry for:    Lorikeet


Rainbow Lorikeet

Photos: K Vang and W Dabrowka
/ Bird Explorers
© K Vang and W Dabrowka

Image courtesy of the Australian Museum

For further reading see: Birds in Backyards fact sheet



   Flame Tree:  see   ASGAP Photo of Illawarra Flame Tree

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Entry for:    Bittern; Bunyip

The Australasian Bittern is a relatively small compact tawny-brown nocturnal heron; mainly found in marshes. The species has a characteristic booming call, mainly heard during the breeding season, proclaiming its territory to females and rival males from mid-winter to late summer. It is said to sound rather like the roaring of a bull in the distance.

picture of bittern

The male bittern's booming season is said to be very long, proclaiming its territory to females and rival males from mid-winter to late summer. It is said to sound rather like the roaring of a bull in the distance.


Bunyips
The Bunyip was one of the magical beasts in Aborigines Dreamtime stories. It lived in swamps and billabongs, had a terrifying bellow, and devoured invaders of its territory.
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European settlers, attributed strange sounds of the Australian bush to many mythical beasts, including the bunyip. However the settlers’ bunyips were more benign – herbaceous, shaggy animals. Some attribute the bunyip to crocidile sightings, some to fugitive swaggies who hid in swamps and emerged, covered with weeds, after the law had passed. The booming cry of the Australasian Bittern was often attributed to a bunyip.

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  Entry for:    Possum

"Almost exclusively tree-dwelling, in forests, woodlands, rainforests, dense scrub and suburban gardens. Nest in spherical nests (dreys) in tree hollows, undergrowth or tree forks. Mainly leaf-eaters but may eat flowers and fruits. Has adapted to living in urban environments, often foraging in gardens." -- from Australian Museum Fact Sheet: Ring-tailed Possum, recommended for further reading.

click to enlarge

Image courtesy of Australian Museum
Ring-tailed Possum

Photo: GB Baker/Nature Focus
© Australian Museum

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Entry for:   Whipbird


Eastern Whipbird   Photo courtesy of Abberton Bird Lodge
Photographer: Bill Jolly.   © Bill and Eileen Jolly

The whipbird is small, secretive and rarely seen in the thick undergrowth where it lives. But its dramatic call, a low note followed by a "whipcrack", is common in the bush.


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Entry for:    Australian Magpie


Australian Magpies are common and conspicuous black and white birds.
It is sometimes called a flute bird because of its musical solo and group singing.

Australian Museum Fact Sheet




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Entry for:    Flying Fox

The commonest fruit bat in Australia, Asia and Africa is the Pteropus genus which has a foxlike head and feeds on fruit and blossom.


Grey Headed Flying Fox
(Fruit Bat)

Photographer: Grahame McConnell
Image courtesy and © Australian Geographic


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Entry for:    Cockatoo


"The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large white parrot. This is a noisy and conspicuous cockatoo, both at rest and in flight." -- from Birds in Backyards, bird finder: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, recommended reading.

Image courtesy of Australian Museum
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Photo: DA Trounson © Australian Museum

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Entry for:    The Aboriginal Flag

Koori: An Aborigine of southern NSW and Victoria.


Image courtesy
Austflag


Burning Sugar Cane

Photo: DA Trounson
image courtesy © Australian Museum

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Entry for:    Track


"Track" = "trail"

The Old Bush Track is an Australian Bush Ballad, words and music by Varney Monk, 1892-1967.




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Entry for:    Sheep


At the time when its economy depended heavily on the export sales of merino wool, Australia was said to "live off the sheep's back". Sheep are shorn in late spring, in a shearing shed.


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Entry for:    Banksia

Sixty species of Banksia (plant family Proteaceae), native to Australia, are found in all but arid regions. They have showy flower heads, the colour ranging from yellow to red. Many species flower in autumn and winter. The hard, woody fruits of banksias are grouped into a cone shape and protect the seed.
,

Image courtesy of and ©
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Banksia 'Giant Candles'

Photographer: Marriott, N.
© ANBG
"Banksia Men" is from May Gibbs' children's book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (the "gumnut babies") and are based on the appearance of aged Banksia "cones", follicles for eyes and other facial features. Children often thought of the bad Banksia Men as "dead" once they had fallen from the tree.


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Entry for:    Banksia - shades of dying

Sixty species of Banksia (plant family Proteaceae), native to Australia, are found in all but arid regions. Their showy flower heads range from yellow to red and they start blooming in autumn. During winter the one tree can have flower heads in many stages of dying, down to hairless black cones.


see excellent image Courtesy of and ©
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP)


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Entry for:    Dingo




Image Courtesy of Photos of Australia
copyright © southernson.com All Rights Reserved

A wolf-like, yellowish-brown, wild dog, native to Australia


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Entry for:   Slab Hut / River Redgums / Sporting Globe


Slab Hut.   Typical bush huts had vertical slab walls. Slabs were pit-sawn, or split with sledge and wedges and then smoothed with an adze.
picture courtesy of National Library of Australian


River redgum  (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) are widely distributed and grow in, or close to, water.
picture courtesy ASGAP.

Sporting Globe  Twice-weekly sports (mainly horse racing) newspaper, printed on pink paper.


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Entry for:    Tawny Frogmouth


Insectivorous bird of Australia and SE Asia having a wide frog-like mouth.


a Bird Explorer's picture




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Entry for:    Wonga Wonga or Wonga Pigeon


"a large, plump, ground-dwelling pigeon with a small head, short, broad wings and a long tail..."
"Loud monotonous 'woop woop' calls can be heard up to 2 km away and can be given for hours on end."

More information and pic from Birds in Backyards Fact Sheet

Said to be named after the "Onga" brand farm pump whose thumping sound is like the monotonous call of the pigeon.



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Entry for:    Australian Black Swan


Large Australian swan (Cygnus atratus) having black plumage and a red bill.


a Bird Explorers' picture




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Entry for:    Surf Lifesaver; Nippers, Flags


Australian Surf Lifesaver Association (SLSA) members have rescued more than 500,000 people and provided first aid to a million others in its 100-year history to 2007. The Lifesaver is a respected, even iconic figure and thought of as representing the best Australian virtues. Year 2007 will be the official "Year of the Lifesaver".

Trainee lifesavers aged 7-13 years are known as Nippers.

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Lifesavers place out flags to indicate the safe area in which to surf. They are constantly directing people, paticularly children, to "swim between the flags". There would be few surfers on a working monday.



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Entry for:    Grey Butcherbird


The Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) is native to Australia and widespread.
It has a pleasing and enthusiastic birdsong and is a fine mimic.

image and more reading




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Entry for:    Emu

Photo: Jiri Lockman
© Australian Geographic
[click to enlarge]
young males

Image courtesy of and © Australian Geographic


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Entry for:    Killing of drought-weakened sheep


When drought results in insufficient water or fodder to sustain sheep the farmer is faced with the sad duty of killing them.


Drought-weakened sheep

Photo: Thomas Wielecki
© Australian Geographic

Image courtesy of
Australian Geographic


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Entry for:    Australian Terrier


perhaps the author was referring to this animal






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Entry for:    Funnel-web Spider


Funnel-Web Spiders are found in Eastern Australia, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. They are probably the most venomous aggressive spider in the world, all funnel web species should be treated as dangerous to humans. The only proven killer, the Sydney funnel-web spider, is restricted to the Sydney region and adjacent areas to the north and south of the city.

facts and images



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Entry for:    Hills Hoist -- a rotary clothes hoist

"It was popularised in Australia by Lance Hill and is a common sight in Australian and New Zealand backyards. It is considered one of Australia's most recognisable icons, and is used frequently by artists as a metaphor for suburbia in Australia." [ Wikipedia]
and see 'Optimism' Website image and article





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Entry for:    Waratah


A brilliant red flower, blooms in spring, floral emblem of the state of New South Wales.


picture                            details
both courtesy of and Copyright 1995-2006, the
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants


the toréador song is from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen.


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Entry for:    Faces in the street


Alludes to a poem of that name by Australian poet Henry Lawson, 1867-1922.





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Entry for:    Tin Roof


under construction -- details later





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Entry for:    Cape Byron


Cape Byron is the most easterly point of mainland Australia. It was once a whaling station. Now it is a major tourist destination, and a favourite vantage point for watching whales migrate May/July north from Antarctica to their breeding grounds. They return south with their calves September/October.


image courtesy of and © byronbay.com


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Entry for:    Flags


Surf Life Savers patrol popular beaches. They place out flags to indicate the safe area in which to surf. They are constantly directing people, paticularly children to "swim between the flags". There would be few surfers on a working monday.


[pictures needed]





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Entry for:   Christmas Bells (Blandfordia grandiflora)


Usually found in wet coastal heaths on sandy soils. Typically the flowers are red with a yellow tip. The flowers contain nectar and are frequented by honeyeaters.   more
image and details courtesy of and © ASGAP


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Entry for:    Cane Toad


"Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935, in an unsuccessful attempt to control the sugar cane beetle. The toads have since become a major pest.

Cane Toads are large heavily-built amphibians with dry warty skin. They have a bony head and over their eyes are bony ridges that meet above the nose. They sit upright and move in short rapid hops. Their hind feet have leathery webbing between the toes and their front feet are unwebbed."

Above notes and this fact sheet courtesy of and © Australian Museum



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Entry for:    Wedge-tail Eagle


Wedge-tailed Eagles are Australia's largest birds of prey. Their wingspan can be up to 2.5 metres. They are great gliders reaching up to 2000 metres.

Wedge-tailed Eagle in flight



Fact Sheet courtesy and © Australian Museum




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Entry for:    Bush Fire - Christmas


christmas is mid-summer, usually the bushfire season. During a fire the heat vapourises eucalyptus in gum leaves which explode and are carried, flaming, by the wind.

[picture later]



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Entry for:    Koala


Photographer: Jim Frazier



Image courtesy of and © Australian Geographic



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Entry for:    Seasons


In the top end (far north) of Australia seasons are are usually the wet or the dry. Elsewhere, a typical division of seasons is:
Spring -- September, October, November
Summer -- December, January, February
Autumn (Fall) -- March, April, May
Winter -- June, July, August.



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Entry for:    Budgie   (budgerigar)


picture and details later





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Entry for:    Wallaby


A member of the Macropodidae family. Most genera resemble small kangaroos.

Red-necked Wallaby

Image Courtesy of and © Southernson Photos of Australia


on the wallaby (track) is colloquial for 'on the move',
often applied to seasonal workers or swaggies.


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Entry for:    Light Horseman


pic of WWI light horseman wanted





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Entry for:    Brolga (Grus rubicunda)

A large silver-grey crane noted for its elaborate dance.


Brolga
Photo: M Seyfort/Nature Focus

Image courtesy of and © Australian Museum.


image of brolga group -- a Bird Explorers picture



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Entry for:    Gunyah


Aborigine’s hut made of boughs and bark.





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Entry for:    Australian Bogong Moth (Agrotis infusa)


Photo: D Herbison-Evans; Copyright © Australian Museum

Tens of millions of Australian bogongs head south in late spring, from breeding grounds in southern Queensland on their 2-3,000km journey, by night, to spend summer in cool caves of the Southern Alps.
their story



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Entry for:    XXX


under construction -- details later





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Entry for:    XXX


under construction -- details later





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