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Ibid vol v Pl 59:

”Those vast primeval forests of New South Wales to which the colonists have applied the name of brushes”

1853 Chas St Julian and Edward K Silvester, `The Productions, Industry, and Resources of New South Wales,'

p 20:

”What the colonists ter so near each other and being so closely ether by underwood, parasites, and creepers, as to be wholly impassable”

1883 G W Rusden, `History of Australia,' vol i p 67, note:

”Brush was allotted to the growth of large tiled vines The soil was rich, and `brushland' ell understood as a descriptive ter deserves to be pointed out”

<hw>Brush-Apple</hw>, n See Apple

<hw>Brush-Bloodwood</hw>, n See Bloodwood

<hw>Brush-Cherry</hw>, n an Australian tree, Trochocarpa laurina, R Br, and Eugenia myrtifolia, Simms Called also Brush-Myrtle

<hw>Brush-Deal</hw>, n a slender Queensland tree, Cupania anacardioides, A Richard See Brush, above

<hw>Brusher</hw>, n a Bushman's name, in certain parts, for a small wallaby which hops about in the bush or scrub with considerable speed ”To give brusher,” is a phrase derived from this, and used in many parts, especially of the interior of Australia, and i his debts In reply to the question ”Has so-and-so left the townshi+p? ”the answer, ”Oh yes, he gave them brusher,” would be well understood in the above sense

<hw>Brush-Kangaroo</hw>, n another naton, `History of New South Wales,' c viii

p 273:

”A placethickly inhabited by the ss of the Royal Geographical Society,' i 29:

”These dogsare particularly useful in catching the bandicoots, the saroo, and the opossum”

1832 J Bischoff, `Van Diearoofrequents the scrubs and rocky hills”

1884 Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c iii p 24:

”Violet was so fast that she could catch the brush-kangaroo (the wallaby) within sight”

<hw>Brush-Myrtle</hw>, iq Brush-Cherry (qv)

<hw>Brush-Turkey</hw>, n See Turkey