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2 unusual facts about Gunai language


Banksia croajingolensis

The specific epithet is from Croajingolong, an English corruption of Krowathunkoolong, the Gunai name for the region in which the species occurs; and -ensis, a Latin suffix meaning "originating from".

Gunai language

Krauatungalung (Kraut = east, lung = belonging to) located east wards to the Snowy River.


Wongungarra River

In the Australian Aboriginal Brabralung/Daungwurrung dialect of the Gunai language, the variant name for the Wongungarra River is Gwannam-o-rook, meaning "eaglehawk".


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