Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol- i. , those spots on theconfines of a colony or estate which have not yet become anyperson's private property. [A possible derivation is from Yaran, a common word inNew South Wales and South Queensland, and with slight variationone of the most common words in Australia, for beard andsometimes hair.
in mining, a piece of landappropriated for mining purposes: then the mine itself. 19: The most magnificent plant which the prolific soil of NewHolland affords is, by common consent both of Europeans andNatives, the Waratah. -- Andropogon annulatus, Forst. rostrata, Schlecht (New South Wales, Queensland, and Central Australia).
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