>. "The small
tubers are eaten by the aborigines without any preparation."
(Thozet, apud Maiden, p. 23.)

<hw>Yam, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tuber, <i>Ipomaea</i> spp.,
<i>N.O. Convolvulaceae</i>. The tubers are sometimes eaten
by the aboriginals.

<hw>Yam, Round</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Burdekin Vine</i>, under
<i>Vine</i>.

<hw>Yam-stick</hw>, <i>n</i>. See quotation 1882, Tolmer.

1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings,' p. 27.

"One leg's thin as Lierah's yamstick."

1880. Fison and Howitt, `Kamilaroi and Kurnai,' p. 195:

"Behind the pair stands the boy's mother holding her
`yam-stick' erect, resting on the ground."

1882. A. Tolmer, `Reminiscences,' vol. ii. p. 101:

"The natives dig these roots with the yam-stick, an
indispensable implement with them made of hard wood, about
three feet in length, thick at one end and edged; it is
likewise used amongst the aboriginal tribes of South Australia,
like the waddy, as a weapon of offence."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. iii. p. 31:

"Why, ole Nanny fight you any day with a yam-stick."

<hw>Yama</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for a tree;
probably a variant of <i>Yarrah</i> (q.v.).

1838. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol. ii. p. 54:

"The `Yama,' a species of the eucalyptus inhabiting the
immediate banks, grew here, as on the Darling, to a gigantic
size. . . . The `yama' is certainly a pleasing object, in
various respects; its shining bark and lofty height inform the
traveller at a distance of the presence of water; or at least
the bed of a river or lake."

<hw>Yan Yean</hw>, <i>n</i>. the reservoir from which Melbourne
obtains its water supply: hence commonly used for water from
the tap.

1871. Dogberry Dingo, `Australian Rhymes and jingles,' p. 8:

"O horror! What is this I find?
The Yan Yean is turned off."

<hw>Yarra-Bend</hw>, <i>n</i>. equivalent to the English word
<i>Bedlam</i>. The first lunatic asylum of the colony of
Victoria stood near Melbourne on a bend of the river Yarra.

<hw>Yarrah</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for a species of
Eucalyptus, <i>E. rostrata</i>, Schlecht; often called the
<i>River Gum</i>, from its habit of growing along the banks of
watercourses, especially in the dry interior of the continent.
According to Dr. Woolls (<i>apud</i> Maiden, p. 511),
<i>Yarrah</i> is "a name applied by the aboriginals to almost
any tree." The word is not to be confused with <i>Jarrah</i>
(q.v.). A