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waratah

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
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? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- 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. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
[Watling Drawing - no. 432 : Plant, "Warratta" / Port Jackson Painter]

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