Meaning of Burdekin duck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The bird Tadorna radjah, a protected species within Australia.
   Australia, countable
2. A food dish made from leftovers or ingredients to hand, usually including corned beef.
   Australia, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“The Burdekin duck is also large, and bronze and white in colour. They are found in large numbers on the River Burdekin, from which they derive their name.”

“The park is one of Australia's chief refuges for several bird species, including the Burdekin duck and magpie goose.”

“The park is one of the chief refuges in Australia for several species, among them the magpie goose, green pygmy-goose and Burdekin duck.”

“The duck on his left shoulder is the chestnut teal (mudjigin), and the one on his right is a burdekin duck (tindirrgam).”

“1977, Richard Daunton-Fear, Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, 1977, →ISBN (discussing 19th century cookery), even the exotic-sounding "Burdekin duck" consists of nothing more than slices of cold beef fried in batter.”

“It was loaded with food; sponge-cakes each higher and lighter than the next and oozing frothy cream, plates of sandwiches, egg and lettuce, corned-beef and pickle, and ‘Burdekin Duck’ made of bacon and tomato and cheese squashed up.”

“You could turn corned beef into Burdekin Duck by putting strips of cold corned beef into batter, and puftalooners could be made with balls of premixed damper thrown into hot fat, and damper could be turned into brownies with sultanas and currants”

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