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possibly Banksia

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Wattang-ree
English JS Main: 
possibly Banksia
English: 
"The seed of the Honey tree of New South Wales -"
Category: 
flora: trees
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12416
Respelt: 
wadan-Gari
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
"Wattang-ree" wadanGari = ""The seed of the Honey tree of New South Wales -"" possibly Banksia : Painters [::] [BB]
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
[Watling Drawing - no. 416 : "the Honey Tree of New South Wales, native name Wattang-ree" / Port Jackson Painter]

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