Most Australians know the song “Waltzing Matilda”: Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolabah tree … As that swagman was camped under a coolabah, there is a fair bet he was up along or near the River Darling. Many inland streams had Eucalyptus coolabah growing on their banks—andContinue reading “Camped By a Billabong”