Brough Smyth, `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. the gum exudingfrom the Wattles. The aboriginescalled the old father of a flock a Boomer. The word, thoughnot exclusively Australian, is more common in the Australianbush than elsewhere.
[In the map accompanying the above work `Australia' isprinted across the whole continent, and in smaller typ Paterson, `Man from Snowy River,' p. See Trevally. 107: With most deliciously cooked kumeras, potatoes and peppies [sic].
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