1834. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 134:
"<i>Leptospermum lanigerum</i>, Hoary tea-tree; <i>Acacia decurrens</i>, Black wattle; <i>Conaea alba</i>, Cape-Barren tea. The leaves of these have been used as substitutes for tea in the colony, as have also the leaves and bark of <i>Cryptocarya glaucescens</i>, the Australian Sa<i>s</i>afras" (sic) [q.v.].
1845. J. O. Balfour, `Sketch of New South Wales,' p. 39:
"The Australian myrtles, or tea-trees, are to be found in thick clusters, shading rocky springs. . . . Its leaves I have seen made into a beverage called tea. It, however, was loathsome, and had not the slightest resemblance to any known Chinese tea."
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 85:
"Often we had to take the boat down the river several miles, to cut reeds amongst the tea-tree marshes, to thatch our houses with."
1846. G. H. Haydon, `Five Years in Australia Felix;' p. 33:
"A great quantity of the tea-tree (<i>Leptospermum</i>) scrubs, which formerly lined both banks of the Yarra."
(p. 84): "It is allied to the myrtle family (<i>Melaleuca</i>) . . . A decoction of the leaves is a fair substitute for tea, yielding a beverage of a very aromatic flavour."
1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 210: