(Australia, chiefly, Western Australia) A red ochre traditionally used as a pigment by the Aboriginal Nyunga people.
(Australia, chiefly, Western Australia) A red ochre traditionally used as a pigment by the Aboriginal Nyunga people.
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(AU, Western Australia) Either of two small freshwater crayfish, and , endemic to the south-west corner of Australia.
(AU) A small prostrate, rosaceous, perennial plant, , native to New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea; now an invasive weed in Britain and western Europe.
(Australia) A species of bettong, .
(Australia) A whirlwind, cyclone or tornado; a dust devil.
Australian English name for the brush-tailed bettong, Bettongia penicillata, a small marsupial once widespread across southern Australia but now critically endangered. The name comes from Noongar language. The woylie has been the focus of conservation efforts in Western Australia.