Lexicographical Neighbors of Currajongs
Literary usage of Currajongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"138 : " Quaint currajongs . . . very like in form to the stiff wooden trees we
have all played with in childish days. ..."
2. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1890)
"Its streets are wide, and planted with trees— quaint currajongs, a species of
eucalyptus (very like in form to the stiff wooden trees we have all played ..."
3. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1888)
"Its streets are wide, and planted with trees— quaint currajongs, a species of
eucalyptus (very like in form to the stiff wooden trees we have all played ..."
4. My Australian Girlhood: Sketches and Impressions of Bush Life by Campbell Praed, Rosa Caroline (Murray-Prior) Praed (1902)
"It was a rough track through sandy scrub-land, over bare ridges covered with
straggling white gums and currajongs, and along high dunes where bread-fruit ..."
5. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"... currajongs and native poplars. We now turned to some ridges a few miles nearer
than the main range, and dug a tank, for the horses badly wanted water. ..."
6. Agricultural Distress and Trade Depression: Their Remedy in the Commercial by Daniel Tallerman (1889)
"Each of these avenues will be lined with shady trees, as each of the paddocks
will be filled with fruit. Moreton Bay figs, currajongs, pittosporum, ..."
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