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In Australian English, a billabong (/ ˈ b ɪ l ə b ɒ ŋ / BIL-ə-bong) is a small body of water, usually permanent. It is usually an oxbow lake caused by a change in course of a river or creek , but other types of small lakes , ponds or waterholes are also called billabongs.
Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
The Separation tree is a heritage listed [1] [2] Eucalyptus camaldulensis tree, [3] commonly known as a red river gum, located in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne in Victoria. [ 4 ] Found on the Tennyson Lawn the tree was one of two original river red gums that were along the banks of the swampy billabong which makes up part of ...
Eucalyptus coolabah, commonly known as coolibah or coolabah, [3] is a species of tree found in eastern inland Australia.It has rough bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth powdery cream to pink bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven and hemispherical or conical fruit.
The Billabong Creek, a partly perennial stream [1] of the Murray River catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. At 320 kilometres (200 mi) (with some estimates ranging up to 596 kilometres (370 mi) [ 4 ] ), Billabong Creek is believed to be the longest creek in the world.
flower buds fruit. Eucalyptus orgadophila, commonly known as mountain coolibah, is a species of medium-sized tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the lower trunk, smooth white to greyish above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States.It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall.
The bong tree was described and named by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1851. Blume spent much of his professional life studying the flora of the Dutch East Indies. [2]The Latin binomial was created from Greek nothos, meaning false; phoebe, referring to the close resemblance to the genus Phoebe; and Latin umbellatus, referring to the tree's flowers that form an umbel, i.e., the flower stalks all ...