Beds Are Burning lyrics

• desert oak:

  Allocasuarina decaisneana or desert oak is a medium-sized, slow-growing tree found in the dry desert regions of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. The Anangu peoples know the tree as kurkara.

• blood wood:

  Corymbia opaca, also known as the desert bloodwood, is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has rough bark on part or all of the trunk, lance-shaped leaves, club-shaped flower buds and urn-shaped fruit. Several parts of this plant are used by Aboriginal Australians in traditional medicine.

• Holden:

  Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. It was an Australian automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter which sold cars under its own marque in Australia. In its last three years, it switched entirely to importing cars. It was headquartered in Port Melbourne, with major industrial operations in the states of South Australia and Victoria. The 164-year-old company ceased trading at the end of 2020.

• Steam in forty five degrees:

  Referring to the Australian heat. 45°C is a hot temperature, even for Australia, but regularly occurs in the Outback throughout summer (note that in the Southern Hemisphere, December, January and February are summer months). 45°C is equal to 113°F.

• The time has come To say fair's fair To pay ...:

  Referring to Indigenous Australians and their land rights in Australia.

• cockatoos:

  A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, which has a mainly Australasian distribution.

• Yuendumu:

  Yuendumu is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia, 293 km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Road, within the Central Desert Region local government area. It ranks as one of the larger remote communities in central Australia, and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists.

• Kintore:

  Kintore (Pintupi: Walungurru) is a remote settlement in the Kintore Range of the Northern Territory of Australia about 530 km (330 mi) west of Alice Springs and 40 km (25 mi) from the border with Western Australia.

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Submitted by licorna.din.vis on 2012-02-24

Last edited by MissAtomicLau on 2023-09-23

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