"No faint far hearing of the waddies banging
Of club and heelaman together clanging,
War shouts and universal boomeranging."
1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 66:
"Nullah-nullahs, paddy-melon sticks, boomerangs, tomahawks, and <i>heelimen</i> or shields lay about in every direction."
<hw>Hielaman-tree</hw>, <i>n.</i> another name for the <i>Bats-wing Coral</i> (q.v.), <i>Erythrina vespertilio</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 426:
"`Heilaman [sic] tree.' The wood is soft, and used by the aborigines for making their `heilamans' or shields."
<hw>Hinau</hw>, <i>n.</i> Maori name for the New Zealand tree, <i>Elaeocarpus dentatus</i>, Vahl., <i>N.O. Tiliaceae</i>.
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 317:
"Another export was much talked of. This was the bark of the hinau, a large forest tree which abounds all over the country near Cook's Strait. The natives extract from this bark the black dye for their mats."
1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':