nigger

n.

an Australian black or aboriginal.[Of course an incorrect use. He is not a negro, any more thanthe Hindoo is.]

1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p. 25:

«I quite thought the niggers had made an attack.»

1891. `The Argus,' Nov. 7, p. 13, col. 5:

«The natives of Queensland are nearly always spoken of as`niggers' by those who are brought most directly in contactwith them.»