gumtree

British  

/ ˈɡʌmˌtriː /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: gum.  any of various trees that yield gum, such as the eucalyptus, sweet gum, and sour gum

2. Also called: gumwood.  the wood of the eucalyptus tree

3. informal in a very awkward position; in difficulties

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The station homestead, so lovingly descanted upon in the advertisement, consisted of a two-roomed slab hut; the woolshed, where the sheep were shorn, was made of gumtree trunks roofed with bark.

From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson

They found at the mouth of the creek a very large and remarkable gumtree, and on the side next the river the letters H.H. appeared, although the cross-line of one H had grown out.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell

As it ran down the smooth branches of the gumtree and over the leaves it gradually congealed, and formed a white efflorescence.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by John Lort Stokes

Their canoes are very simply constructed of a single sheet of bark of the gumtree brought together at the ends, and secured by stitching.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by John MacGillivray

Marked a white gumtree F 40 close to camp in bed of river.

From Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by John Forrest