Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A long, narrow shield used by the natives of Australia, but usually only in single combat, as a protection against the native club. It is usually made from acacia wood.
  • noun Any one of several species of Acacia, especially A. aneura, a shrub or small tree found all over Australia, but more commonly in the arid desert region of the interior.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Australia Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia.
  • noun Australia, colloquial, in combination The outback.
  • noun Something made from the wood of a mulga tree.
  • noun A mulga wire.

Etymologies

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From Gamilaraay malga.

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Examples

  • The mulga bears a small woody fruit called the mulga apple.

    Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866

  • Acacia aneura is known as mulga in its native Australia where it is one of the best known species in the genus.

    Chapter 10 1996

  • Acacia aneura is known as mulga in its native Australia where it is one of the best known species in the genus.

    Chapter 50 1990

  • On nearing the lakes the creek assumes so dismal an appearance, and so funereal is the aspect of the dead scrub and dark tops of the "boree" (a kind of mulga), that one wonders that Gregory did not choose the name of

    Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

  • The squat mulga trees, an equation for dried-up hope in bad seasons, are green above their black trunks, and the clumps of applewood are blue.

    Travel: Dickens down under Thomas Keneally 2010

  • The women broke off mulga branches and used them as brooms to sweep the sandy ground encircled by the trees with meticulous care before spreading out picnic blankets and building a fire.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • We all collected dead mulga wood, and the fire was laid in no time.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • As the stew began to bubble on the glowing mulga, Mary detailed Ramona, Theo, Kemarre and I with yoghurt-pot coolamons to pick plums.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • We had stopped by a patch of mulga bushes on the way and gathered dead branches for firewood.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • We drove along a rough track into open sand plains dotted with spinifex, mulga bushes, ghost gums and termite mounds.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

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