yarran

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

n.


aboriginal name adopted by thecolonists for several Acacias (q.v.) – – Acaciahomalophylla, A. Cunn., called also Spearwood; A. linifolia, Willd., called also Sally; A.pendula, A. Cunn., called also Boree, and Weeping or True Myall (see Myall).

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 99:

«That infernal horse . . . pretty near broke my leg andchucked me out over a yarran stump.»