kileys

Updated: May 29, 2025

Fix anew the quartz-stone keen, Let each shaft upon them tell. Poise your meer-ros, long and sure, Let the kileys whiz and whirl Strangely through the air so pure; Heavy dow-uks at them hurl; Shout the yell they dread to hear. Let the young men leap on high, To avoid the quivering spear; Light of limb and quick of eye, Who sees well has nought to fear.

W. (William) Pridden - Australia, its history and present condition: containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies,: with their respective inhabitants

They wear no clothes, and their bodies are marked by scars and wales. They seem to have no regular mode of dressing their hair, this appearing to depend entirely on individual taste or caprice. "Their arms consist of stone-headed spears, of throwing-sticks, of boomerangs or kileys, clubs, and stone hatchets.

Ernest Favenc - The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888