"Squatters who look after their own runs always live in the bush, even though their sheep are pastured on plains."
1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 73:
"One day an egg of a cassowary was brought to me; this bird, although it is nearly akin to the ostrich and emu, does not, like the latter, frequent the open plains, but the thick brushwood. The Australian cassowary is found in Northern Queensland from Herbert river northwards, in all the large vine-scrubs on the banks of the rivers, and on the high mountains of the coasts."
<hw>Plain Currant</hw>, <i>n</i>. a wild fruit, <i>Grewia polygama</i>, Roxb., <i>N.O. Tiliaceae</i>.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 295:
"I found a great quantity of ripe Grewia seeds, and on eating many of them, it struck me that their slightly acidulous taste, if imparted to water, would make a very good drink; I therefore . . . boiled them for about an hour; the beverage . . . was the best we had tasted on our expedition."
<hw>Plain Wanderer</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian bird, <i>Pedionomus torquatus</i>, Gould.
<hw>Plant</hw>, <i>v. tr</i>. and <i>n</i>. common in Australia for <i>to hide</i>, and for the thing hidden away. As remarked in the quotations, the word is thieves' English.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. ii. p. 59:
"A number of the slang phrases current in St. Giles's <i>Greek</i> bid fair to become legitimatized in the dictionary of this colony: <i>plant, swag</i>, <i>pulling up</i>, and other epithets of the Tom and Jerry school, are established— the dross passing here as genuine, even among all ranks."