1878. R. Brough Smyth, `The Aborigines of Victoria,' vol. i. p. 207
"The moths—the Bugong moths(<i>Agrolis suffusa</i>) are greedily devoured by the natives; and in former times, when they were in season, they assembled in great numbers to eat there, and they grew fat on this food." [Also a long footnote.]
1890. Richard Helms, `Records of the Australian Museum,' vol. i. No. 1:
"My aim was to obtain some `Boogongs,' the native name for the moths which so abundantly occur on this range, and no doubt have given it its name."
1896. `Sydney Mail,' April 4, Answers to Correspondents:
"It cannot be stated positively, but it is thought that the name of the moth `bogong' is taken from that of the mountain. The meaning of the word is not known, but probably it is an aboriginal word."
<hw>Bull-a-bull</hw>, or <hw>Bullybul</hw>, <i>n</i>. a child's corruption of the Maori word <i>Poroporo</i> (q.v.), a flowering shrub of New Zealand. It is allied to the <i>Kangaroo-Apple</i> (q.v.).
1845. `New Plymouth's National Song,' in Hursthouse's `New Zealand,' p. 217:
"And as for fruit, the place is full
Of that delicious bull-a-bull."
<hw>Bullahoo</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Ballahoo</i>.