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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Boomerang, Banksia attenuata, Santalum acuminatum, Bushfood, Kangaroo meat, Goanna, Araucaria bidwillii, Indigenous Australian seasons, Bullroarer, Carissa spinarum, Xanthorrhoea, Soakage, Bush bread, Australian Aboriginal sweet foods, Australian Aboriginal fibrecraft, Indigenous Australian food groups, Coolamon, Bush medicine, Bush tomato, Bindibu Expedition, Citrus australasica, Cyperus bulbosus, Witchetty grub, Marsdenia australis, Duboisia, Honeypot ant, Solanum centrale, Acacia estrophiolata, Santalum lanceolatum, Diploglottis campbellii, Araucaria cunninghamii, Triodia, Acacia tetragonophylla, Kangatarianism, Toas, Dillybag, Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Bush Mechanics, Woomera, Acacia kempeana, Sterculia quadrifida, Spinifex resin, Corymbia terminalis, Fire-stick farming, Humpy, Vigna lanceolata, Erythrina vespertilio, Ventilago viminalis, Capparis mitchellii, Scarred tree, Capparis spinosa subsp. nummularia, Australian Aboriginal artifacts, Santalum murrayanum, Ipomoea costata, Bush coconut, Mulga apple. Excerpt: Banksia attenuata, commonly known as the candlestick banksia or slender banksia, is a species of plant in the proteaceae family. Commonly a tree, it reaches 10 m (35 ft) high, but is often a shrub in dryer areas 0.4 to 2 m (1-7 ft) high. It has long narrow serrated leaves and bright yellow inflorescences, or flower spikes, held above the foliage, which appear in spring and summer. The flower spikes age to grey and swell with the development of the woody follicles. It is found across much of the southwest of Western Australia, from north of Kalbarri National Park down to Cape Leeuwin and across to Fitzgerald River National Park. John Lindley had named material collected by James Drummond Banksia cylindrostachya in 1840, but this proved to be the same as the species named Banksia attenuata by Robert Brow...