Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

<hw>Rock-Pebbler</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Black-tailed Parrakeet</i>. See <i>Parrakeet</i>.

<hw>Rock-Perch</hw>, <i>n</i>. the name given in Melbourne to the fish <i>Glyphidodon victoriae</i>, Gunth., family <i>Pomacentridae</i>, or <i>Coral-fishes</i>. It is not a true Perch.

<hw>Rock-shelter</hw>, <i>n</i>. a natural cave-dwelling of the aborigines. See <i>Gibber-Gunyah</i>.

1891. R. Etheridge, jun., in `Records of the Australian Museum,' vol. i. No. viii. p. 171 (`Notes on Rock Shelters or Gibba-gunyahs at Deewhy Lagoon'):

". . . The Shelters are of the usual type seen throughout the Port Jackson district, recesses in the escarpment, overhung by thick, more or less tabular masses of rock, in some cases dry and habitable, in others wet and apparently never used by the Aborigines."

<hw>Rock-Wallaby</hw>, <i>n</i>. the popular name for any animal of the genus <i>Petrogale</i> (q.v.). There are six species—

Brush-tailed Rock-Wallaby—
<i>Petrogale penicillata</i>, Gray.

Little R.-W.—
<i>P. concinna</i>, Gould.

Plain-coloured R.-W.—
<i>P. inornata</i>, Gould.

Rock-W., or West-Australian R.-W.—
<i>P. lateralis</i>, Gould.