Blackfellow

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an aboriginal Australian.

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discovery in Australia,' i. 4, 74:

«The native Miago . . . appeared delighted that these `blackfellows,' as he calls them, have no throwing sticks.»

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 9:

«The well-known tracks of blackfellows are everywhere visible.»

1871. Dingo, `Australian Rhymes,' p. 14:

«Wurragaroo loved Wangaraday

In a blackfellow's own peculiar way.»