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BLACK BOYS, GRASS TREES, OR XANTHA-!?

BLACK BOYS, GRASS TREES, OR XANTHA-!?

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Hans-Joachim ... Phpotography


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BLACK BOYS, GRASS TREES, OR XANTHA-!?

The best-known common name for the Xanthorrhoea is black boy, based on the purported similarity in appearance of the trunked species to an Aboriginal man holding an upright spear. Most people now consider this name to be racist and offensive to Aborigines, or at least belonging to the past, preferring instead grass-tree
Wednesday 15 April 2020

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