"The wearing of the Urtathurta and going Kurdaitcha luma appears to have been the medium for a form of vendetta."
<hw>Kurrajong</hw>, <i>n</i>. or <hw>Currajong</hw> (spelt variously), the aboriginal name for various Australian and Tasmanian fibrous plants; see quotations, 1825 and 1884. They are the—
Black Kurrajong— <i>Sterculia diversifolia</i>, G. Don., and <i>Sterculia quadrifida</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Sterculiaceae</i>.
Brown K.— <i>Commersonia echinata</i>, R. and G. Forst.; also, <i>Brachychiton gregorii</i>; both belonging to <i>N.O. Sterculiaceae</i>.
Green K.—
<i>Hibiscus heterophyllus</i>, Vent., <i>N.O. Malvaceae</i>.
Tasmanian K.—
<i>Plagianthus sidoides</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Malvaceae</i>.
Others are <i>Trema aspera</i>, Blume, <i>N.O. Urticeae</i>; and <i>Sterculia rupestris</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Urticeae</i>. Some of the varieties are also called <i>Bottle-trees</i>, and, in Tasmania, <i>Cordage-trees</i> (q.v.).
1823. `Uniacke's Narrative of Oxley's Expedition,' quoted by J. D. Lang, `Cooksland,' p. 408:
"The nets used for fishing [by the natives] are made by the men from the bark of the kurrajong (<i>Hibiscus heterophyllus</i>), a shrub which is very common to the swamps."
1825. Barron Field, Glossary, in `Geographical Memoirs of New South Wales,' p. 502: