waratah
Language:
Australian:
Warratta
English JS Main:
waratah
English:
The drawing is annotated in brown ink at top left "Nat size. / Flowers in October.", and at lower left "Warratta. / Grows to the Height of 8 or 10 feet." ("Grows to the" is written in darker ink and appears to have been added later, in a different hand.)
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
flora: flowers
Source:
Painters
Line:
12432
Respelt:
warada
Part of speech:
noun
Source Details:
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002
Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814?
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The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry.
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Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription.
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Comment:
[Watling Drawing - no. 432 : Plant, "Warratta" / Port Jackson Painter]