rawang</hw>, or <hw>Burwan</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian
nut-tree, <i>Macrozamia spiralis</i>, Miq.

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. i.
p. 221:

"The burwan is a nut much relished by our natives, who prepare
it by roasting and immersion in a running stream, to free it
from its poisonous qualities."

1851. J. Henderson, `Excursions in New South Wales,' vol. ii.
p. 238

"The Burrowan, which grows in a sandy soil, and produces
an inedible fruit, resembling the pine-apple in appearance."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 41:

"Burrawang nut, so called because they used to be, and are to
some extent now, very common about Burrawang, N.S.W. The nuts
are relished by the aboriginals. An arrowroot of very good
quality is obtained from them."

<hw>Bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. Not originally an Australian
application. "Recent, and probably a direct adoption of the
Dutch <i>Bosch</i>, in colonies originally Dutch" (`O.E.D.'),
[quoting (1780) Forster, in `Phil. Trans.' lxxi. 2, "The common
Bush-cat of the Cape;" and (1818) Scott, `Tapestr. Chamber,'
"When I was in the Bush, as the Virginians call it"].
"Woodland, country more or less covered with natural wood
applied to the uncleared or untitled districts in the British
Colonies which are still in a state of nature, or largely so,
even though not wooded; and by extension to the country as
opposed to the towns." (`O.E.D.')

1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 48:

"I have spent a good deal of my time in the woods, or bush, as
it is called here.'

1836. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 85:

"With the exception of two or three little farms, comprising
about 20 or 30 acres of cultivation, all was `bush' as it is
colonially called. The undergrowth was mostly clear, being
covered only with grass or herbs, with here and there some low
shrubs."

1837. J. D. Lang, `New South Wales,' vol. i. p. 253:

"His house was well enough for the bush, as the country is
generally termed in the colony."

1855. From a letter quoted in Wathen's `The Golden Colony,'
p. 117:

"`The Bush,' when the word is used in the towns, means all the
uninclosed and uncultivated country . . . when in the country,
`the Bush' means more especially the forest. The word itself
has been borrowed from the Cape, and is of Dutch origin."

1857. `The Argus,' Dec. 14, p. 5, col. 7:

"`Give us something to do in or about Melbourne, not away in
the b