environment — Blog — Sue Butler — Lexicographer at large

Flora in the Top End

I was not surprised, on a recent trip to Arnhem Land and Darwin, to find that there were plants that were – shock, horror! – not in the dictionary.

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Placenames Australia

It was with great delight that I noticed that one of my favourite newsletters, Placenames Australia, had lobbed into my mail.

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crawbob

Memories of childhood have a powerful effect on us. But there is one memory jogger that often takes us by surprise: some word we used that was special to our place, our community.