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- noun   Plural form of brumby .
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								long term brumbies supporter and this is a disgrace. failure of the organisation not of the coach. 
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								The up side is its good to see that the brumbies are a benevolent lot, obviously feeling sorry for their opposition over the last two week following floggings they allow them to feel better by letting them win. 
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								State Environment Minister Kate Jones said six park rangers using high-powered rifles had been trained to shoot the wild horses - known as brumbies - in the heart and head for a swift kill. 
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								It seems there are also wild camels, kangaroos and wild horses called brumbies but we didn't see any. 
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								It seems there are also wild camels, kangaroos and wild horses called brumbies but we didn't see any. 
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								a mob of "brumbies" had lured us into a "drouth" that even Dan declared was the "dead finish." We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915 
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								March 9th, 2010 at 4:09 pm lol I never really read those but did read the Flicka books, Black Beauty of course and the whole series about the brumbies from Snowy Mountain. 
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								They went dinghy sailing on some inland lakes across the plains or chased brumbies in their utes at up to fifty miles an hour. Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009 
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								They went dinghy sailing on some inland lakes across the plains or chased brumbies in their utes at up to fifty miles an hour. Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009 
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								A few moments later she could even make out figures — five dun-colored critters that looked like brumbies, one with a rider, nearly invisible against the tall grass — and then she could hear the pounding of their cantering hooves. The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002 
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								But some community groups, as well as a dissenting report by senators of the conservative coalition government, maintain that wild horses — known locally as brumbies — have roamed the region for decades and belong there as a part of Australia’s cultural heritage. Australia’s feral horses need ‘urgent’ control: scientists welcome latest report Dyani Lewis 2023 
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