Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

<hw>Walking-stick Palm</hw>, <i>n</i>. See under <i>Palm</i>.

<hw>Wallaby</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name used for the smaller kinds of Kangaroos of the genus <i>Macropus</i> (q.v.), formerly classed as <i>Halmaturus</i>. An aboriginal word. See Collins, 1798, below. (<i>Wolbai</i>, in the Kabi dialect of South Queensland, means a young creature.) Also spelt <i>Walloby, Wallabee</i>, and <i>Wallobi</i>. As in the case of <i>Kangaroo</i> (q.v.), the plural is a little uncertain, <i>Wallaby</i> or <i>Wallabies</i>. Some of them are sometimes called <i>Brush-Kangaroos</i> (q.v.). The following are the species—

Agile Wallaby—
<i>Macropus agilis</i>, Gould.

Aru Island W.—
<i>M. brunnii</i>, Schraeber.

Black-gloved W.—
<i>M. irma</i>, Jourd.

Black-striped W.—
<i>M. dorsalis</i>, Gray.

Black-tailed W.—
<i>M. ualabatus</i>, Less. and Garm.

Branded W.—
<i>M. stigmaticus</i>, Gould.

Cape York W.—
<i>M. coxeni</i>, Gray.

Dama W.—
<i>M. eugenii</i>, Desm.