Part 19 (1/2)

”Abundance of that which the men commonly called bream (Cernua bidyana), a very coarse but fir noise when taken out of the water”

<hw>Big-head</hw>, n a fish The name is used locally for various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotris nudiceps, Castln, faenus Eleotris, Guenther says that as regards for the Gobies, fro the ventral fins non-coalescent See Bull-head (2)

<hw>Billabong</hw>, n an effluent fro in the sand, in so only in flood time

In the Wiradhuri dialect of the centre of New South Wales, East coast, billaBilla is also a river in some Queensland dialects, and thus forms part of the name of the river Belyando In the Moreton Bay dialect it occurs in the form pill , and in the sense of `tidal creek' In the `Western Australian Ale,' 1892, Appendix, p 50, Bilo is given for River

Billabong is often regarded as a synonym for Anabranch (qv); but there is a distinction Fro the river; whilst the Billabong ih what are called Billabongs often do rejoin

1862 W Landsborough, `Exploration of Australia,' p 30:

”A dried-up tributary of the Gregory, which I named the Macadam”

[Footnote]: ”In the south, such a creek as the Macadam is termed a billy-bonn [sic], fro fro, literally dead)”

1865 W Howitt, `Discovery in Australia, vol i p 298:

”What the Major calls, after the learned noraphical Society,'

anabranches, but which the natives call billibongs, channels coain”

1880 P J Holdsworth, `Station Hunting on the Warrego:'

”In yon great range hs,' p 25:

”What a nu the rivers in this seus,' April 8, p 4, col 1:

”Let's et over to the billabong by sunrise”

<hw>Billet</hw>, n an appointment, a position; a very common expression in Australia, but not confined to Australia; adapted fro the person to who for the soldier bearing it” (`OED')

1890 E W Hornung, `A Bride from the Bush,' p 267:

”If ever she went back to Australia, she'd reood billet”

<hw>Billy</hw>, n a tin pot used as a bushman's kettle

The word comes from the proper name, used as abbreviation for Willia To Jenny' It ca

1830 R Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p 48:

”He then strikes a light and makes a fire to boil his kettle and fry his bacon”

About 1850, the billy superseded the quart-pot (qv), chiefly because of its top-handle and its lid Another suggested derivation is that billy is shortened from billycan, which is said to be bully-can (sc

Fr bouili) In the early days ”boeuf bouilli”