"<i>Bernicla jubata</i>, Maned Goose; Wood-Duck, Colonists of New South Wales and Swan River."
<hw>Wood Natives</hw>, or <hw>Wood Savages</hw>, obsolete names for the Australian aborigines.
1817. O'Hara, `History of New South Wales,' p. 161:
". . . robbed by a number of the inland or wood natives . . ."
Ibid. p. 201:
"The combats of the natives near Sydney were sometimes attended by parties of the inland or wood savages."
<hw>Wooden Pear</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tree peculiar to New South Wales and Queensland, <i>Xylomelum pyriforme</i>, Smith, <i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>; called also <i>Native Pear</i>.
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 322:
"The Wooden Pear-tree of the colonists (<i>Xylomelum pyriforme</i>) is peculiar to Australia; its general appearance is very ornamental, especially when the tree is young; the flowers grow in clusters in long spikes, but are not conspicuous. This tree attains the height of from fifteen to twenty feet, and a circumference of six to eight feet. It is branchy; the wood is of dark colour, and being prettily marked, would form an ornamental veneering for the cabinet-maker. When young, in the Australian bush, this tree bears a close resemblance to the young Warratah, or Tulip-tree (<i>Telopea speciosissima</i>)."
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 615: