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Agroforestry for Natural Resource Management
... native vegetation of the 250– 400 mm winter rainfall regions of southern
Australia before agricultural development. These species have a characteristic
large woody lingotu- ber, or mallee root, at the base of the stem, just below
ground level ...
Ian Nuberg, Brendan George, Rowan Reid, 2009
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Beyond the Black Stump: Histories of Outback Australia
When the stump-jump plough stuck a mallee root it jumped over the root and
continued the furrow. A crop was then sown amongst the roots. The light draught
of a stripper made it possible to harvest in fields full of mallee roots, as the combs
of ...
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Aboriginal People and Their Plants:
114 One long mallee root reputedly satisfied the wants of two or three thirsty men.
e root ends can also be sealed with clay for transporting water over long
distances. A 30 centimetre long section of root can produce over 200 millilitres of
...
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An Australian Dictionary for North Americans
A term applied to any remote or unsettled region, but often used to refer to an arid
region located in northwestern Victoria. mallee root n. A gnarled portion of the
root of the mallee tree, used as firewood because of its long-burning properties.
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Forest Trees of Australia
... the lignotuber ('mallee root'). Climate: Altitudinal range: near sea level to 300 m
; Hottest/ coldest months: 28–33°C/2–7°C; Frost incidence: low to moderate (
about 15 each year in some areas); Rainfall: 250–500 mm per year, winter max.
to ...
DJ Boland, MIH Brooker, GM Chippendale, 2006
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Australian Language and Culture
... and tough root system, a fact that has broken the hearts of many farmers who
have tried to dig it out. Mallee root makes good firewood, though, as it's hard and
slow-burning. the saltbush saltbush only grows in salty, semi-desert re- gions. 40.
The plough was made up with hinged blades that would rise out of the ground
when they struck a mallee root or rock. Each blade had a weight that forced the
blade back into the ground after the root or rock was passed over. This enabled
the ...
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Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
Holding one end of the mallee-root in a direct line, with the other end of the root
toward the sleeping snake's head, he allowed the water that was contained
within the root to trickle, drop by dro , upon the head of the snake and to fall
between ...
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Fantastic Dreaming: The Archaeology of an Aboriginal Mission
Water conservation techniques included carrying water in wallaby—skin bags,
but when this ran out, the Wergaia obtained “a supply of sweet and limpid water”
from a mallee root called weir, which could be drained, procuring three or four ...
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Contrary Rhetoric: Lectures on Landscape and Language
Mallee root Not what we understood as wood, this warped and twisted thing that
had lain hidden, dry truffle, under a surface we knew only from Lost in Space, the
jaundiced wastes stippled with sheep- skulls plundered by city teachers for our ...
John Kinsella, Glenly Roy Elliott Phillips, Andrew Taylor, 2008
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «MALLEE ROOT»
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REVIEW: Firedoor is the restaurant Sydney's wanted for a long time
Firedoor uses 10 different woods, from ironbark to mallee root, apple, grapevine and even stonefruit. Hastie also has two ovens he designed ... «Business Insider Australia, Май 15»
Go for the burn: cooking with flames
Here, I have ironbark and mallee root, and fruit trees such as apple, peach, plum, nectarine and olive. Each one burns with a different intensity ... «The Australian Financial Review, Апр 15»
Plants found to alter soil types
This photo shows the clay deposits surrounding a Mallee root, which over time would merge with other discreet clay formations to form a clay ... «Science Network Western Australia, Фев 15»
Greats gather to farewell a legend
In it, Gordon likened the bumps around the back of his own dying father's thumb to a “chunk of mallee root”. Long-time newspaper colleague ... «Herald Sun, Фев 15»
Tom Atterby leaves a lasting impression
... new Massey Ferguson 585 SP header, great for new land as it made it easier to see the occasional mallee root or sucker during harvest. «Farm Weekly, Янв 15»
A big literary beast's descent into incoherence
You don't need to know what a mallee root is; you can imagine it because you know his feet were ugly. (It's a tough gnarled desert tuber.). «Spectator.co.uk, Ноя 14»
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2015: The award …
... duck, steak and even blue swimmer crab come out of the oven touched with the sweet scent of mallee root. "Even the sourdough breads take ... «Good Food, Сен 14»
Heat, dust and glory: remembering the 1962 British Empire and …
He lent a polished Mallee root which I had made to decorate a coffee table and Queen Siroket of Thailand wanted to buy it, but my Dad politely ... «ABC Online, Июл 14»
The Lost Child review – 'brutal and touching detail'
... scoops up her kitten as if it is a ball of “soft black knitting wool” and smashes it against the wall where it “cracks like a chopped mallee root”. «The Guardian, Мар 14»
Innovation needs to be served up from the food bowl
... colony's staple food were rendered useless by the good old Mallee root. Realising that wheat production was critical to its young population, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Май 13»
