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Illawarra|ɪləˈwɒrə|
The name of a district in New South Wales, used attrib. to designate certain trees native to the region.
1884A. Nilson Timber Trees N.S.W. 39 C[argillia] australis.—Black Plum; Illawarra Plum. Ibid. 82 F[renela] rhomboidea.—Illawarra Mountain Pine. 1889J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 422 Elæocarpus reticulata var. Kirtoni, is known as ‘Illawarra Ash’, or ‘Mountain Ash’. 1904― Forest Flora N.S.W. I. 9 Ficus rubiginosa... Vernacular Names.—‘Port Jackson Fig’, ‘Illawarra Fig’, from the best known localities. 1907Ibid. II. 53 This tree [sc. Callitris Muelleri] is usually known as Cypress Pine. The names ‘Port Jackson Pine’ and ‘Illawarra Mountain Pine’ should be received with caution, as C. cupressiformis may be included. 1965Austral. Encycl. IV. 58/2 The Port Jackson, Illawarra, or rusty fig (F. rubiginosa) is confined in its native state to New South Wales, but is extensively planted as a shade and ornamental tree throughout Australia.
b. In full Illawarra (dairy, milking) shorthorn: see quot. 1911.
1911N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. May 274 The breed..known as the Illawara Milking Shorthorn, a dairy type of Shorthorn evolved on the south coast districts of the State from a Shorthorn-Ayrshire foundation, but now bred for about thirty years to a Shorthorn dairy type. Ibid., One very good point of the Illawara is that while it is a heavy producer, the milk is generally of a very satisfactory butterfat standard. 1912M. A. O'Callaghan Dairying in Australasia vii. 111 The Scotch type of Ayrshire is nearly as different from the Australian type, as is the English shorthorn dairy cow from what we know as the Illawarra dairy Shorthorn. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 25 July 41/1 Southern India is to try Australia's own dairy cattle—the Illawarra shorthorn from the N.S.W. South Coast. 1965Austral. Encycl. V. 64/1 During the nineteenth century a special breed of dairy cattle, the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, was developed. |