Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In western Queensland, a tree, Eucalyptus microtheca, the wood of which is reddish brown, remarkably hard, heavy and elastic, and useful in building. Also called goborro, and by the colonists bastard, black, or flooded box.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of a number of eucalyptus trees of central and northern Australia, in particular Eucalyptus microtheca.
Etymologies
- From Gamilaraay. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The low ranges and hills support sparse Acacia shrublands while the drainage lines and associated floodplains support river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), coolibah (E. coolibah), and yapunyah (E. ochriophoia) woodlands, Mitchell Grass (Astrebla spp.) grasslands or herblands.”
“The watercourses of the region are lined with low open coolibah (Eucalyptus coolibah) woodlands while swamps contain Muehlenbeckia and Chenopodium shrublands, Eragrostis australasica grasslands, or ephemeral herblands.”
“Interdune areas may also include gidgee (Acacia geoginea) or coolibah woodlands on drainage lines.”
“Ephemeral lakes of the Barkly Tableland support communities of bluebush (Chenopodium auricomum) and/or coolibah (E. coolibah) low open woodlands.”
“Lake Woods is one of the most important breeding grounds in inland northern Australia and the coolibah swamps of Lake Tarrabool are the largest in tropical Australia.”
“Occasional drainage lines possess mixed communities of red river gum (Eucalyptus camuldulensis), coolibah (E. coolabah), and paperbarks (Melaleuca spp.).”
“To the north, near the New South Wales – Queensland boundary, original vegetation was grassy open woodland, with coolibah trees (Eucalpytus microtheca) over a cover of Mitchell grass (Astrebla lappacea).”
“Common species on alluvium include Eucalyptus camaldulensis, E. tereticornis, E. coolibah, and E. largiflorens.”
“Once there was a mayor man who sat beside a bilabong under the shade of the coolibah tree.”
“Afterwards he propped the rake against the coolibah tree.”
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Biology
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Tunie: Waltzing Matilda
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-waltzing matilda with me?"ghost, troopers, thoroughbred, squatter, tucker bag, shoved, glee, jumbuck, matilda, waltzing matilda, billy, coolibah and 2 more...
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Australian Derivation ... or, you kno...
Words I heard there. Or from Australians.
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chained_bear Also spelled coolabah: a species of gum or eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus microtheca.
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
-- A.B. Paterson, "Waltzing Matilda" Feb 6, 2007