1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales,' vol. ii. p. 166 (Bass' diary at Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, Nov. 1798):
"The She oaks were more inclined to spread than grow tall."
1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 134
"<i>Casuarina torulosa</i>, the she-oak. The young fruit and young shoots afford an agreeable acid by chewing, which allays thirst."
1835. Ross, `Hobart-town Almanack,' p. 75 [Article said by Sir Joseph Hooker (Jan. 26, 1897) to be by Mr. Ronald Gunn]:
"Casuarina torulosa? She-oak. C. stricta? He-oak. C. tenuissima? Marsh-oak. The name of the first of these is said to be a corruption of Sheac, the name of an American tree, producing the beef wood, like our Sheoak. The second species has obtained the name of He-oak in contradistinction of She-oak, as if they constituted one dioecious plant, the one male and the other female, whereas they are perfectly distinct species."
1842. `Western Australia,' p. 80:
"The Shea-oak (a corruption of sheak, the native name for this, or a similar tree, in Van Diemen's Land) is used chiefly for shingles."
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 91:
"Then to cut down the timber, gum, box, she-oak, and wattle-trees, was an Herculean task."