1873. J. B. Stephens, `Black Gin,' p. 61:
"Lay aside thy nullah-nullahs
Is there war betwixt us two?"
1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 9:
"The blacks . . . battered in his skull with a nulla-nulla."
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 11:
"They would find fit weapons for ghastly warriors in the long white shank-bones gleaming through the grass—appropriate gnulla-gnullas and boomerangs."
1889. P. Beveridge, `Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina,' p. 67:
"The nulla-nulla is another bludgeon which bears a distinctive character . . . merely a round piece of wood, three feet long and two and a half inches thick, brought to a blunt point at the end. The mallee is the wood from which it is generally made."
1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 72:
"I frequently saw another weapon, the `nolla-nolla' or club, the warlike weapon of the Australian native most commonly in use. It is a piece of hard and heavy wood sharpened to a point at both ends. One end is thick and tapers gradually to the other end, which is made rough in order to give the hand a more secure hold; in using he weapon the heavy end is thrown back before it is hurled."