Evans, "A Pastoral": `Apple-tree' — an indigenous Australian tree,
so called from a supposed resemblance to the English apple-tree,
but bearing no edible fruit.
O'Hara, "Flinders": `Flinders' — Matthew Flinders first came to Australia
with Bass and Hunter in 1795, and made several heroic voyages
around Australian coasts.
Jephcott, "A Ballad of the last King of Thule": `Mannan' — the ancient
bardic name of the Isle of Man.
`Eire' — the ancient name of Ireland.
`The Isle of Apple-trees' — "Emhain Ablach", the Isle of Arran.
This was the land of faery to the Northern and Western Gaels.
Mackay, "The Burial of Sir John Mackenzie": `Sir John Mackenzie' —
Born 1838; for many years Minister for Lands in New Zealand. Died 1891.
Holy Hill — Puketapu, a hill sacred to the Maoris on the Otago coast.
Lawson, "Andy's gone with Cattle": `Riders' — timber used to hold down
the bark roofs of primitive bush houses.
Lawson, "Out Back": `Mulga' — an aboriginal name given to various trees
of the acacia family (A. aneura).
Lawson, "The Star of Australasia": `Jackeroo' — a "new chum", or person recently arrived in Australia, who goes to work on a station to gain experience.