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

"<i>Platycercus eximius</i>, Vig. & Hors. <i>Rose-hill Parrakeet</i>; Colonists of New South Wales."

Ibid. vol. v. pl. 29:

"<i>Platycercus icterotis</i>, Wagl. The Earl of Derby's Parrakeet; <i>Rose-hill</i> of the Colonists [of Swan River]."

<hw>Rosella</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) A bird, <i>Platycercus eximius</i>, the <i>Rosehill</i> (q.v.).

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 80:

"The common white cockatoo, and the Moreton Bay Rosella parrot, were very numerous."

1884. R. L. A. Davies, `Poems and Literary Remains,' p. 99:

"Saw the bright rosellas fly,
With breasts that glowed like sunsets
In the fiery western sky."

1890. `The Argus,' June 7, p. 13, col. 5:

"The solitudes where the lorikeets and rosellas chatter."