whitefeller

English

Alternative forms

• whitefella
• whitefellow

Etymology

white +‎ feller

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Noun

whitefeller (plural whitefellers)

1. (Australia) A white settler in Australia; a non-Aboriginal Australian; often used attributively.

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

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

     "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.

   • 1959, Donald Stuart, Yandy, page 11:

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

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

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

   • 2010, Adrian Hyland, Gunshot Road, page 4:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• blackfeller

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