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Around fifty years ago in Alice Springs in Central Australia alongside the track to Ayers Rock
I purchased this Aboriginal Coolabah cut from a Coolabah tree (from the bark then decorated by burning with a piece of fencing wire). The Aboriginals call it a Coolibah and use them to carry babies and plants , food etc. I was so taken with this one for sale I brought it back over a thousand miles in a light plane. The Pic Coolibah is 27 inches long by 7 1/2 inches wide by 4 plus inches deep and was made by an Aboriginal woman who sold it to me.
A Poet Banjo Patterson penned the words of a famous (to us Aussies) Walltzing Matilda song with reference to under the shade of a Coolabah Tree. The poem/ song is full of Australianisms
of interest is the Coolibah Tree not unlike the Cottonwoods in the States are associated with a body of water the water over here is essential to periodically flooding the growth area to assist the seed germination by sterilising it in a process.
The word Burl over here is used also as an expression ( I,ll give it a burl) meaning I will give it a try or a go. I will have a go.
Kind regards Peter.
I purchased this Aboriginal Coolabah cut from a Coolabah tree (from the bark then decorated by burning with a piece of fencing wire). The Aboriginals call it a Coolibah and use them to carry babies and plants , food etc. I was so taken with this one for sale I brought it back over a thousand miles in a light plane. The Pic Coolibah is 27 inches long by 7 1/2 inches wide by 4 plus inches deep and was made by an Aboriginal woman who sold it to me.
A Poet Banjo Patterson penned the words of a famous (to us Aussies) Walltzing Matilda song with reference to under the shade of a Coolabah Tree. The poem/ song is full of Australianisms
of interest is the Coolibah Tree not unlike the Cottonwoods in the States are associated with a body of water the water over here is essential to periodically flooding the growth area to assist the seed germination by sterilising it in a process.
The word Burl over here is used also as an expression ( I,ll give it a burl) meaning I will give it a try or a go. I will have a go.
Kind regards Peter.
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