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brigalow Austral.|ˈbrɪgələʊ|
Also bricklow.
[ad. native name būriagalah.]
Any one of several species of acacia, esp. A. harpophylla. Also attrib.
1847Leichhardt Jrnl. i. 4 The Bricklow Acacia, which seems to be identical with the Rose-wood Acacia of Moreton Bay. 1862Kendall Poems 79 Good-bye to the Barwan and brigalow scrubs. 1885Mrs. C. Praed Head Stat. xvii, We are not fit for anything but store-cattle, we are all blady grass and brigalow scrub. 1901F. Campbell Love 263 Long shafts of silvery moonlight creep in between the waving branches of blue gum and brigalow. 1935Bulletin (Sydney) 5 June 46/4 Some clumpy brigalow country. 1936A. Russell Gone Nomad i. 4, I am cattle-banging in western Queensland, the scent of the brigalow and mulga in my nostrils. 1957P. White Voss viii. 202 After the midday halt, which was spent in the shade of some brigalow scrub. |