Balga vs Blackboy - What's the difference?
balga | blackboy | Synonyms |
An Aboriginal boy or servant''.
* 1898 , Guy Boothby, Billy Binks—Hero'', republished in Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver, ''The Anthology of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction ,
* 1906 , South Australian Geology Department, Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, Robert Etheridge, Reports (geological and general) resulting from the explorations made by the government geologist and staff during 1905 ,
* 1930 , Mary Montgomerie Bennett, The Australian Aboriginal as a Human Being ,
(Australian, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea , native to Australia.
* 1946 , , Volume 13,
* 1966 November 8, (Parliament of Western Australia), Parliamentary Debates ,
* 1977 , Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia , Volumes 60-61,
Balga is a synonym of blackboy.
As nouns the difference between balga and blackboy
is that balga is barramundi, while blackboy is an aboriginal boy or servant''.balga
Not English
Balga has no English definition. It may be misspelled.blackboy
English
(wikipedia blackboy) (Xanthorrhoea) (Xanthorrhoea)Noun
(en noun)page 118,
- A moment later he beckoned the blackboy to his side, and when he arrived pointed to the ground. The boy gesticulated in answer, and then both pulled their horses to a standstill and waited for me to come up.
page 36,
- September 30th, 1905 .—Examined some hills in the locality. A Chinaman and some blackboys are camped here with some cattle belonging to the Mount Diamond butcher.
page 49,
- His tracks joined a cattle pad, and the blackboys followed them at speed, two riding on each side of the path.
page 49,
- As with many things, the pioneers followed the natives in the use of the Blackboy . They also found that the gum possessed some property that will cure dysentery and other internal complaints. The gum was also used for dyeing, tanning and varnishing.
page 2181,
- The gum from the blackboy trees was used for the making of varnish and stain,
page 5,
- As with any fire, blackboys and sedges were the first to grow, little else appearing before the first rains, which were followed by a flush of herbaceous shoots.