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Keywords: Xanthorrhoea spp.; picric acid; grass tree; chemical works at St Ronans near Colac; gum from grass tree; daccharine juice; "black boy gum", worth 6-7 pounds stg/ton.
Type of Chemistry: organic; phytochemical; industrial
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"... the rengitj, as a visible mark or imprint on the land, is characterised as a place of origin, the repository of all names, as well as a kind of mapped visual expression of the connection between people and places which is to be carried out in the temporal sequence of the journey." Fanca Tamisari (1998) 'Body, Vision and Movement: In the footprints of the ancestors'. Oceania 68(4) p260