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Two old grey-haired men sitting silent in a gunya behind, were pointed out to me as his brothers, one of whom so very much resembled him, that I had at first imagined he was the man himself.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

The offended blacks had discovered the guilty pair on the outskirts of Breeza Downs, and Oola's husband, with a company of braves, had attacked their gunya.

Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

'Possum skins and a black's gunya – that's Autralese for a wigwam, isn't it?

Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

A deserted gunya was found near a lonely, half-dry waterhole in the scrub, and there were rumours of a tribe of wild blacks having passed towards the outlying country in the Breeza Downs direction.

Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

A great number sat huddled together and cowered down under each gunya, their skinny limbs being so folded before their bodies that the head rested upon the knees.

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823

Two old grey-haired men sitting silent in a gunya behind, were pointed out to me as his brothers, one of whom so very much resembled him, that I had at first imagined he was the man himself.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell 1823

While I was thus employed the natives very hospitably made a fire in a vacant gunya, evidently for the purpose of warming poor Barney, our guide, who seemed miserably cold, having no covering except a jacket, thoroughly wet.

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823

Near this scrub we saw also many pigeons and parrots; which strengthened our hopes of finding water, which hopes however were disappointed, and we at length tied our horses 'heads to the trees in a bit of scrub, and I lay down on a few boughs for the night under the cover of a gunya or bower which, on such occasions, was set up by Woods in a very short time.

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823

Many people are suffering with chikun gunya, malaria, dengue, cholera and other viral fevers in the city and the patients are undergoing treatment in various private hospitals.

The Hindu - Front Page 2010

Many people are suffering with chikun gunya, malaria, dengue, cholera and other viral fevers in the city and the patients are undergoing treatment in various private hospitals.

The Hindu - Front Page 2010