(1) In the days beforerailways, and when much of the intervening country was nottaken up, to travel between Sydney and Melbourne, or Melbourneand Adelaide, was difficult if not dangerous. properly Yappee, aboriginalname for a small crayfish found in water-holes in many partsof Australia, Astacopsis bicarinatus. They are ornamental in cultivation,and several have acquired special names--H. See Hakeaand Pear.

trans. thickets of Mulga-trees. Hawaiian, man, human, mankind, acommon man in distinction from chiefs. 233: They then, if `stores,' pass to the rich salt-bush country ofRiverina.