1878. `Catalogue of Ethnotypical Art in the National Gallery' (Melbourne), p. 19:
"<i>Mulga</i>. Victoria. Thirty-six inches in length. This specimen is 37 inches in length and 5 inches in breadth at the broadest part. The form of a section through the middle is nearly triangular. The aperture for the hand (cut in the solid wood) is less than 4 inches in length. Ornamentation :Herring-bone, the incised lines being filled in with white clay. Some figures of an irregular form are probably the distinguishing marks of the owner's tribe. This shield was obtained from Larne-Gherin in the Western District."
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 349:
"Mulga is the name of a long narrow shield of wood, made by the aboriginals out of acacia-wood."
(b) In one place Sir Thomas Mitchell speaks of it as a club.
1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol. ii. p. 267:
"The malga [sic] . . . with which these natives were provided, somewhat resembled a pick-axe with one half broken off."
<hw>Mulga-Apple</hw>, <i>n</i>. a gall formed on the Mulga-tree, <i>Acacia aneura</i>, F. v. M. (q.v.). See also <i>Apple</i>.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 3:
"In Western New South Wales two kinds of galls are found on these trees. One kind is very astringent, and not used; but the other is less abundant, larger, succulent and edible. These latter galls are called `mulga-apples,' and are said to be very welcome to the thirsty traveller."