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There is no doubt that theh is an English Cockney addition to the aboriginal word. As Gould pointsout, they are to the fauna what the eucalypts, banksias, andmelaleucas are to the flora of Australia. tenuiramis, Miq. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol.

Gold-digging, verbal n. (therefore named before1820). , inallusion to the colour of their timber, which is allied toMahogany. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p.