10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOONGARY»
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boongary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
boongary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Boongary. This animal lives on the highest parts of the mountainous scrubs,
preferring the densest parts of the scrubs and the most inaccessible places,
where even the blacks have to be careful amongst the rocks and stones. It is fairly
well ...
Zoological Society of London, 1884
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Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in ...
My companions rose, turned their faces toward the mountain, and shouted,
Boongary, boongary ! A few black men were seen coming out of the woods and
down the green slope as fast as their legs could carry them. One of them had a
large ...
3
The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the ...
My companions rose, turned their faces towards the mountain, and shouted,
Boongary, boongary! A few black men were seen coming out of the woods and
down the green slope as fast as their legs could carry them. One of them had a
large ...
Tim Fridtjof Flannery, 1998
My companions rose,turned theirfaces toward the mountain, and shouted '
Boongary, boongary!' A few black men were seen coming out of the woods
anddown the green slope asfast astheirlegs could carry them. One of them had
alarge ...
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Tree-kangaroos of Australia and New Guinea
I had never before seen so many fresh traces of boongary and the natives did
their best to secure specimens of the animal in this terrible locality; but we had no
dog, for the tribes we had visited had none, and the want of dogs was a great ...
Boongary. This animal lives on the highest parts of the mountainous scrubs,
preferring the densest parts of the scrubs and the most inaccessible places,
where even the blacks have to be careful amongst the rocks and stones. It is fairly
well ...
The following extract from Carl Lum- holtz's book Among Cannibals describes the
culmination of his search for the boongary. Illustration of Lumboltz's tree
kangaroo I'boongary') from bis book Among Cannibals A tribe had learned a new
song ...
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Austral English: a dictionary of Australasian words, ...
Boongary, n. the tree-kangaroo of North Queensland, a marsupial tree-climber,
about the size of a large wallaby, Dendrolagus lumholtzii, Collett. A native name.
Bangaray = Red Kangaroo, in Governor Hunter's vocabulary of the Port Jackson
...
Edward Ellis Morris, 1898
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Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer ...
Lumholtz searched for months in prime habitat with a party of Aboriginal hunters,
yet had this to report: We searched the scrubs in the vicinity thoroughly and found
many traces of boongary [tree- kangaroo] in the trees but they were all old.
10
Land of Wonder: The Best Australian Nature Writing
There came an evening when, as I was lying in the shade of my hut, a shout
arose from the camp of the natives. My companions sprang up, turned their faces
towards the mountain, and shouted Boongary, boongary! A few black men were ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOONGARY»
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boongary is used in the context of the following news items.
Tree kangaroos: best photos ever taken
The smallest of the species, averaging just 6-7kg. Aboriginal names include boongary and mabi. Inhabits montane rainforest above 800m from ... «Australian Geographic, Feb 13»
Former MP to have road renamed after him
... then tweeted the decision, saying the section of road to be named Robert Schwarten Rd will be between Malchi Nine Mile to Boongary Rd. «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Nov 12»
