1879. C. L.Innes, `Canterbury Sketches,' p. 20:
"In case my readers may not know what a `V' hut is like, I will describe one:—It is exactly as if you took the roof off a house and stood it on the ground, you can only stand upright in the middle."
1896. Jan. A Traveller's note:
"Not long ago a Canterbury lady said—`I was born in a V-hut, and christened in a pie-dish.'"
<hw>Victoria</hw>, <i>n</i>. the name of the smallest of all the Australian colonies. It was separated from New South Wales in 1851, when it was named after Queen Victoria. Sir Thomas Mitchell had before given it the name of "Australia Felix," and Dr. J. D. Lang wanted the name "Phillipsland." He published a book with that title in 1847. Previous to separation, the name used was "the Port Phillip District of New South Wales."
<hw>Village Settlement</hw>, the system, first adopted in New Zealand, whence it spread to the other colonies, of settling families on the land in combination. The Government usually helps at first with a grant of money as well as granting the land.
<hw>Vine</hw>, <i>n</i>. In Australia, the word is loosely applied to many trailing or creeping plants, which help to form scrubs and thickets. In the more marked cases specific adjectives are used with the word. See following words.
1849. J. P. Townsend, `Rambles in New South Wales,' p. 22:
"With thick creepers, commonly called `vines.'"
1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ii. p. 21: