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It had flooded-gum growing upon its banks, and, on places apparently subject to flood, a number of tall straight saplings were observed by us.
A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne
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A circumstance that surprised us much, was the re-appearance of the flooded-gum upon its banks, and that too of a large size.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I Charles Sturt 1832
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Lofty flooded-gum trees were upon its banks, and it appeared so much superior to the river that I was induced to halt the party at the junction, in order to examine it more closely.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I Charles Sturt 1832
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The creek had flooded-gum growing upon its banks, and, on places apparently subject to flood, a number of tall straight saplings were observed by us.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I Charles Sturt 1832
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The flooded-gum trees on the banks of the latter, were of beautiful growth, but in the brushes dividing the plains, box and other eucalypti, with cypresses and many minor shrubs, prevailed.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I Charles Sturt 1832
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The flooded-gum grew in groups on the spaces subject to inundation, but not on the levels above the influence of any ordinary rise of the stream.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume 2 Charles Sturt 1832
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On entering the wood, we found that it contained for the most part, flooded-gum, under which bulrushes and reeds were mixed together.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume 2 Charles Sturt 1832
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Riding under a hanging wood of the angophora, which had ceased for a time, we were induced to break off to our right, to examine some large flooded-gum trees about a couple of miles to the N.W. of us.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I Charles Sturt 1832
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We noticed a few cypresses in the distance, but the general timber was dwarf-box, or flooded-gum, and a few of the acacia longa scattered at great distances.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume 2 Charles Sturt 1832
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The soil passed over was inferior to the generality of soil near the river, but we encamped on a tongue of land on which both the flooded-gum and the grass were of luxuriant height.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I Charles Sturt 1832
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