"A waddy, a most formidable bludgeon."
1855. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' p. 101:
"The waddy is a heavy, knobbed club about two feet long, and is used for active service, foreign or domestic. It brains the enemy in the battle, or strikes senseless the poor gin in cases of disobedience or neglect."
1864. `Once a Week,' Dec. 31, p. 45, `The Bulla Bulla Bunyip':
"The landlord swore to the apparition of a huge blackfellow flourishing a phantasmal `waddy.'"
1879. C. W. Schuermann, `Native Tribes of Australia—Port Lincoln Tribe,' p. 214:
"The wirris, by the whites incorrectly named waddies, are also made of gum saplings; they are eighteen inches in length, and barely one inch in diameter, the thin end notched in order to afford a firm hold for the hand, while towards the other end there is a slight gradual bend like that of a sword; they are, however, without knobs, and every way inferior to the wirris of the Adelaide tribes. The natives use this weapon principally for throwing at kangaroo-rats or other small animals."
1886. R. Henty, `Australiana,' p. 18:
"The `waddy' is a powerful weapon in the hands of the native. With unerring aim he brings down many a bird, and so materially assists in replenishing the family larder."
1892. J. Fraser, `Aborigines of New South Wales,' p. 74: