Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogongs
Literary usage of Bogongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"The taste of the roasted bogongs is said to be sweetish and rather pleasant eating.
( " The Omeo Blacks," by Richard Helms, of. (it. p. 387). ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
""These moths have obtained their name from their occurrence on the ' bogongs' or
granite mountains. They were described by my friend Dr. Bennett in his ..."
3. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1890)
"Away to the north rise the snow-capped peaks of Kosciusko and the bogongs, a
gleaming mass of the purest alabaster, casting their pale shadows far over the ..."
4. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1888)
"Away to the north rise the snow-capped peaks of Kosciusko and the bogongs, a
gleaming mass of the purest alabaster, casting their pale shadows ..."
5. Researches in the Southern Gold Fields of New South Wales by William Branwhite Clarke (1860)
"WBC] " The Blacks had visited the Snowy Mountains, a short time previously to
us, for the purpose of getting " bogongs,"* a species of moth, about an inch ..."
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