<hw>Sorrel, Queensland</hw>. See <i>Queensland Sorrel</i>.
<hw>Sour-Gourd</hw>, <i>n</i>. Same as <i>Baobab</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Sour-Plum</hw>, <i>n</i>. the <i>Emu-apple</i>. See <i>Apple</i>.
<hw>South Australia</hw>, <i>n</i>. the name of a colony, established in 1836, with Adelaide as its capital. It is not a good name, for it is not the most southerly colony, and the "Northern Territory" forms a part of South Australia. Central Australia would be a better name, but not wholly satisfactory, for by Central Australia is now meant the central part of the colony of South Australia. The name <i>Centralia</i> has been proposed as a change.
<hw>Southern Cross</hw>, <i>n</i>. The constellation of the Southern Cross is of course visible in places farther north than Australia, but it has come to be regarded as the astronomical emblem of Australasia; e.g. the phrase "beneath the Southern Cross " is common for "in Australia or New Zealand."
1863. S. Butler, `First Year in Canterbury Settlement,' p. 13:
"The southern cross is a very great delusion. It isn't a cross. It is a kite, a kite upside down, an irregular kite upside down, with only three respectable stars and one very poor and very much out of place. Near it, however, is a truly mysterious and interesting object called the coal sack: it is a black patch in the sky distinctly darker than all the rest of the heavens. No star shines through it. The proper name for it is the black Magellan cloud."
1868. Mrs. Riddell, `Lay of Far South,' p. 4:
"Yet do I not regret the loss,
Thou hast thy gleaming Southern Cross."
1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. iv. p. 35: