Illawarran.
/ɪləˈwɒrə/ a. Used attributively to designate certain trees native to the Illawara region.
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sycamore13..
sycamore-tree13..
sycamore-fig1615
Moreton Bay fig1849
Port Jackson fig1875
Pharaoh's fig1884
Illawarra1904
adam's fig1907
Moreton Bay1953
1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 39 C[argillia] australis.—Black Plum; Illawarra Plum.
1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 82 F[renela] rhomboidea.—Illawarra Mountain Pine.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 422 Elæocarpus reticulata var. Kirtoni, is known as ‘Illawarra Ash’, or ‘Mountain Ash’.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 470 A sample of timber..is a light buff coloured timber, heavy, very hard, tough, durable. In the catalogue it is called ‘Illawarra Box’.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 543 Frenela rhomboidea..‘Illawarra Mountain Pine’.
1904 J. H. Maiden Forest Flora New S. Wales I. 9 Ficus rubiginosa... Vernacular Names.—‘Port Jackson Fig’, ‘Illawarra Fig’, from the best known localities.
1907 J. H. Maiden Forest Flora New S. Wales 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.
1965 Austral. 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. 19111.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > shorthorn breeds
Durham1810
Teeswater1810
shorthorn1847
Shetland1849
Lincolnshire Red1897
Lincoln Red1903
milking shorthorn1910
Illawarra1911
dairy shorthorn1932
1911 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. (N.Z.) 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.
1911 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. (N.Z.) May 274 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.
1912 M. 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.
1934 Bulletin (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.
1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 64/1 During the nineteenth century a special breed of dairy cattle, the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, was developed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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