Talk:Black Stump

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In regard to the contribution by Ian Olsson regarding Raffaello Carboni's use of the phrase 'black-stump', I've deleted:

Here the definition of the black stump is thought to be was beyond ones understanding probably used in everyday discussions between miners in the Ballarat gold rush days. In this way the black stump symbolised something that could not be fathomed as is the more distant derivation of today.

This uncited opinion seems to be drawing an extremely long bow. Carboni's quote seems to be referring to an object (i.e., the blackened pipe). How it comes to mean a gold-digger's expression for something that is beyond a person's understanding is beyond my understanding. Ikeshut 05:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)