Kurrajong
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- For the Australian Sydney suburb, see Kurrajong, New South Wales.
Kurrajong is a common name for several species of Australian trees in the genus Brachychiton.
The word kurrajong comes from Dharuk garrajuĊ "fishing line", as fishing lines were made from kurrajong bark.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Dixon et al. (2006): p. 114.
[edit] References
- Dixon, R.M.W.; Moore, Bruce; Ramson, W. S.; Thomas, Mandy (2006). Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed., South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-554073-5.
