Whaddie

The third person of the band was twice the height of the others, and held in his hand something resembling the 'whaddie' or wooden sword of the native chiefs of Port Jackson, and was probably intended to represent a chief. ❋ Ernest Favenc (1876)

Woodah Island, “it having some resemblance to the whaddie, or woodah, a wooden sword used by the natives of Port Jackson.” ❋ Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 (1914)

Woodah Island, "it having some resemblance to the whaddie, or woodah, a wooden sword used by the natives of Port Jackson." ❋ Ernest Scott (1903)

Beyond these was a more extensive land, which also proved to be an island; and its form having some resemblance to the whaddie or woodah, or wooden sword used by the natives of Port Jackson, it was named _Isle Woodah_. ❋ Matthew Flinders (1794)

The third person of the band was twice the height of the others, and held in his hand something resembling the _whaddie_, or wooden sword of the natives of Port Jackson; and was probably intended to represent a chief. ❋ Matthew Flinders (1794)

“He was of middle age, unarmed, except with a whaddie or wooden scimitar, and came up to us seemingly with careless confidence. ❋ Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 (1914)

"He was of middle age, unarmed, except with a whaddie or wooden scimitar, and came up to us seemingly with careless confidence. ❋ Ernest Scott (1903)