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Definition of Namoi
1. Noun. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
Group relationships: Australia, Commonwealth Of Australia
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Namoi
Literary usage of Namoi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"BAIAME " (pronounced like the three words " By-a-me," and in the Wellington
district south of the namoi " By-a-my") is the name by which tribes scattered ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... Gwydir, namoi, Castlereagh, Macquarie, and Bogan, after spreading out in
spacious marshes, and amid complicated junctions and bifurcations, ..."
3. Excursions and Adventures in New South Wales: With Pictures of Squatting and by John Henderson (1851)
"... on the Mooki—Whirlwinds—Cattle Hunting—Chase of the Emu—The Kangaroo
described—Banks of the namoi—Want of Water—The Author's Cattle—A Bad Character. ..."
4. My Experiences in Australia: Being Recollections of a Visit to the by Lady (1860)
"... mirage—Myal tree— Tamworth—The river namoi—A stock-keeper's cottage— Bush
hospitality—The tree lizard—Unpleasant visitors—The plague of insects. ..."
5. Queensland, Australia: A Highly Eligible Field for Emigration, and the by John Dunmore Lang (1864)
"The remainder of the month I spent on the namoi, where I had many favourable ...
The namoi blacks are useful, and even indispensable members of ..."
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