coolamon
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1VERB + COOLAMON
mouth
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noun
A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon.
Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes.
name
A town in the Coolamon council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Coolamon Shire.
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2Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon.
WiktionaryWiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes.
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