cowra

Married men occasionally go on "cowra" also, but for what reason, I do not know.

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866

They go about the country solitary and wretched, and continually utter a short, sharp "cowra cry" to warn all other men to keep their women away, until the time of their probation is over.

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866

Our cowra led us by evening to a small -- very small, indeed -- rock-hole, in which there was scarcely sufficient water for our four followers.

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866

From hence we entered thickets, and arrived at the foot of some red granite mounds, where our cowra man said there was plenty of water in a rock-hole.

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866

Immediately upon arrival, our cowra man and his friend seemed aware of the presence of other natives in the neighbourhood, and began to make signal smokes to induce their countrymen to approach.

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866

Our cowra and a friend of his, evidently did not intend to leave us just yet; indeed, Mr.C. gave me to understand, that whithersoever I went, he would go; where I lodged, he would lodge; that my people should be his people; I suppose my God would be good enough for him; and that he would walk with me to Melbourne.

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866

a young black gentleman, most beautifully dressed in fat and red ochre, with many extraordinary white marks or figures all over his back; we were informed that he was a "cowra man."

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866