Gunyah

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional Aboriginal dwelling made of bark and sticks. Australia

    "The following day we reached the main creek ; and knowing where there was a fine water-hole and native gunyahs, we went there, intending to save what was left of our flour and dried meat, for the purpose of making another attempt to reach Mount Hopeless."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

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humpyhumpywurley

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"The following day we reached the main creek ; and knowing where there was a fine water-hole and native gunyahs, we went there, intending to save what was left of our flour and dried meat, for the purpose of making another attempt to reach Mount Hopeless."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dharug gunya (“shelter”), first recorded 1803.

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