."

<hw>Hickory-Eucalypt</hw>, <i>n.</i> one of the names for the
tree <i>Eucalyptus punctata</i>, DeC., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>.
Called also <i>Leather-jacket</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Hickory-Wattle</hw>, <i>n.</i> a Queensland name for
<i>Acacia aulacocarpa</i>, Cunn., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>;
called <i>Hickory</i> about Brisbane.

<hw>Hielaman</hw>, <i>n.</i> a word of Sydney and
neighbourhood. The initial <i>h</i>, now frequently used by
the natives, is not found in the earliest forms. The
termination <i>man</i> is also English. Elimang (Hunter),
e-lee-mong (Collins), hilaman (Ridley). A narrow shield of an
aboriginal, made of bark or wood. Notice Mr. Grant's
remarkable plural (1881 quotation).

1798. D. Collins, `Account of English Colony in New South
Wales,' p. 612:

"E-lee-mong-shield made of bark."

1834. L. E. Threlkeld, `Australian Grammar,' p. 5:

"As an initial, <i>h</i> occurs in only a few words,
such as hilaman, a `shield.'"

Ibid. p. 10:

"As a barbarism, `hillimung-a shield.'"

[A barbarism means with Mr. Threlkeld little more than "not
belonging to the Hunter district."]

1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions into the Interior
of Eastern Australia,' vol. ii. p. 349:

"There is much originality in the shield or hieleman of these
people. It is merely a piece of wood, of little thickness, and
two feet, eight inches long, tapering to each end, cut to an
edge outwards, and having a handle or hole in the middle,
behind the thickest part."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes' (edition 1355), p. 102:

"The hieleman or shield is a piece of wood, about two and a
half feet long, tapering to the ends, with a bevelled face not
more than four inches wide at the broadest part, behind which
the left hand passing through a hole is perfectly guarded."

1865. S. Bennett, `Australian Discovery,' p. 251:

"Hieleman, a shield. Saxon, heilan; English, helm or helmet
(a little shield for the head)."

[This is a remarkable contribution to philological lore. In no
dictionary is the Saxon "heilan" to be found, and a misprint
may charitably be suspected. There is no doubt that the
<i>h</i> is an English Cockney addition to the aboriginal word.
It would need an ingenious fancy to connect "e-leemong" with
"helm."]

1873. J. B. Stephens, `Black Gin, etc.,' p. 26:

"No faint far hearing of the waddies banging
Of club and heelaman together clanging,
War shouts and universal boomeranging."

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