1851. J. Henderson, `Excursions in New South Wales,' vol. ii. p. 238
"The Burrowan, which grows in a sandy soil, and produces an inedible fruit, resembling the pine-apple in appearance."
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 41:
"Burrawang nut, so called because they used to be, and are to some extent now, very common about Burrawang, N.S.W. The nuts are relished by the aboriginals. An arrowroot of very good quality is obtained from them."
<hw>Bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. Not originally an Australian application. "Recent, and probably a direct adoption of the Dutch <i>Bosch</i>, in colonies originally Dutch" (`O.E.D.'), [quoting (1780) Forster, in `Phil. Trans.' lxxi. 2, "The common Bush-cat of the Cape;" and (1818) Scott, `Tapestr. Chamber,' "When I was in the Bush, as the Virginians call it">[. "Woodland, country more or less covered with natural wood applied to the uncleared or untitled districts in the British Colonies which are still in a state of nature, or largely so, even though not wooded; and by extension to the country as opposed to the towns." (`O.E.D.')
1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 48:
"I have spent a good deal of my time in the woods, or bush, as it is called here.'
1836. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 85:
"With the exception of two or three little farms, comprising about 20 or 30 acres of cultivation, all was `bush' as it is colonially called. The undergrowth was mostly clear, being covered only with grass or herbs, with here and there some low shrubs."
1837. J. D. Lang, `New South Wales,' vol. i. p. 253: