A man purchased land in the shape ofa gridiron, knowing that nobody would take the intermediatestrips, which later he could purchase at his leisure. ' The wood is soft, and used bythe aborigines for making their `heilamans' or shields.
McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. --Quadrupeds we saw but few, and were able tocatch but few of those we did see. 328: The broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis) is abundant inthe district [of Banks' Peninsula], and produces a hard redwood of a durable nature. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p.
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