whitefeller

plural whitefellers

1. alternativeAlternative form of whitefella

   In native title matters, there is a lot of talk about litigation, mediation, negotiation and questions about whitefeller law.

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   "Me like my country — no much too hot, no much too cold. By and bye, white fellow come — soldier-man come. White fellow say, this our land, that our land — ALL country our land. Black fellow say no! my country no white fellow's country, and black fellow take spear.

   1842 February 16, The Inquirer, Perth, page 5, column 2

   Even though they did not work for whites, almost every aboriginal desired a white-feller name. Apparently it helped take away the taint of munjon.

   1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 96

   The whitefellers did not let anyone but whitefellers learn their ways properly, he knew that now.

   1959, Donald Stuart, Yandy, page 11

   ‘No use,’ some friends said, miserably. ‘We can′t take them down until sunset, that is whitefeller law.’

   1992, Patricia Shaw, The Feather and the Stone, published 2011, unnumbered page

   In the distance the whitefeller lights of Bluebush cast an ugly orange pallor into the sky. Gypsy was a Kantulyu woman, grown to adulthood in the desert out west. Hadn′t seen a whitefeller until she was in her twenties.

   2010, Adrian Hyland, Gunshot Road, page 4