Request of help on some australian plants

Hi, to everybody. I was wondering if any of the list members from Australia
could help me with some  plant names.
It's almost a follow up to the recent discussion, and it shows how hard it
can be to understand a text when common names are used. 
I am translating a text about Australian nature, but I find that the
reference to plants are a little tricky.  it appears that the common names
used, even when they read like the English ones, refer to different plants
than in Europe. Of course my vocabularies can't be of help, they never refer
to Australian English.
To start with -what's a Billabong? Is it marsh, or dry land? What would be
its vegetation?
And these are the plants: 
Snow gum -I guess this is an Eucalyptus -which one?
Marsh marigold - in England this would be Caltha palustris -is it over there
as well?
Mountain ash -this really puzzles me, because in the following page the text
states thet it leaves contain Eucalyptol. Therefore it can't be neither
Fraxinus sp., nor Sorbus sp.  It must be another Eucalyptus. 
Sundew plants - I gather it is an epyphite palnt -it says they find their
food in the air. No idea.
Paperbark -can't be a maple, I guess. Suppose it's another Eucalyptus, isn't it?
Sweet plum - is this a real plum (Prunus dulcis) or do you have another
plant that's called like this?
Barramundi - I can't understand if this is a plant or an animal - a fish perhaps
White and red apple tree - again, would this be  real Malus sp, maybe domestica?

Thank you very much,

Alessandra
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