mulga-scrub

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


thickets of Mulga-trees.

1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,'p. 190:

«For the first three miles our course was through a very thickmulga scrub, with plenty of grass, and occasionally a littlespinifex.»

1875. John Forrest, `Explorations in Australia,' p. 220:

«Travelled till after dark through and over spinifex plains,wooded with acacia and mulga scrub, and camped without waterand only a little scrub for the horses, having travellednearly forty miles.»

1876. W. Harcus, `South Australia,' p. 127:

«The road for the next thirty miles, to Charlotte WatersTelegraph Station, is characterized by mulga-scrub, openplains, sand-hills, and stony rises poorly grassed.»

1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i. p. 47:

«Still more dreaded by the explorer is the `Mulga' scrub,consisting chiefly of dwarf acacias. These grow in spreadingirregular bushes armed with strong spines, and where mattedwith other shrubs form a mass of vegetation through which itis impossible to penetrate.»

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