1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 328:
"A wallaroo, a peculiar kind of kangaroo (<i>Macropus robustus</i>), which was kept tame at a station, showed a marked fondness for animal food, particularly for boiled salt beef. A dove had been its companion, and these two animals were the best of friends for half-a-year, when the wallaroo one day killed its companion and partly ate it."
1895. `The Australasian,' June 22, 1181, col. 1 [Answers to Correspondents]:
"Professor Baldwin Spencer kindly deals with the question as follows:—What is the distinction between a wallaroo and a wallaby?—A wallaroo is a special form of kangaroo (<i>Macropus robustus</i>) living in the inland parts of Queensland and New South Wales. Wallaby is the name given to several kinds of smaller kangaroos, such as the common scrub wallaby (<i>Macropus ualabatus</i>) of Victoria. The wallaroo is stouter and heavier in build, its fur thicker and coarser, and the structure of its skull is different from that of an ordinary wallaby."
<hw>Wallflower, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian name for <i>Pultenaea subumbellata</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>. In Australia, used as another name for one of the <i>Poison- Bushes</i> (q-v.).
<hw>Wandoo</hw>, <i>n</i>. Western Australian aboriginal word for the <i>White Gum-tree</i> of Western Australia, <i>Eucalyptus redunca</i>, Schauer, <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>. It has a trunk sometimes attaining seventeen feet in diameter, and yields a hard durable wood highly prized by wheelwrights.
<hw>Waratah</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian flower. There are three species, belonging to the genus <i>Telopea</i>, <i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>. The New South Wales species, <i>T. speciosissima</i>, R. Br., forms a small shrub growing on hill-sides, as does also the Tasmanian species, <i>T. truncata</i>, R. Br.; the Victorian species, <i>T. oreades</i>, F. v. M., called the <i>Gippsland Waratah</i>, grows to a height of fifty feet. It has a bright crimson flower about three inches in diameter, very regular. Sometimes called the <i>Australian</i> or <i>Native Tulip</i>. As emblematic of Australia, it figures on certain of the New South Wales stamps and postcards. The generic name, <i>Telopea</i> (q.v.), has been corrupted into <i>Tulip</i> (q.v.). Its earliest scientific generic name was <i>Embothrium</i>, Smith.
1793. E. Smith, `Specimen of Botany of New Holland,' p. 19:
"The most magnificent plant which the prolific soil of New
Holland affords is, by common consent both of Europeans and
Natives, the Waratah."
1801. Governor King, in `Historical Records of New South Wales' (1896), vol, iv. p. 514 (a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks):