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King Billy

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  1. Imaginary king of the Australian aboriginal people.

    • 1901, Henry Lawson, A Bush Publican's Lament, republished in Children of the Bush, Gutenberg eBook #7065, An' supposen Ole King Billy an' his ole black gin comes round at holiday time and squats on the verander, […] .

  2. Tasmanian aboriginal man William Lanne (c.1835-1869) believed to have been the last…

    Tasmanian aboriginal man William Lanne (c.1835-1869) believed to have been the last Tasmanian aboriginal man.

  3. Any one of various other aboriginal men at times referred to as King Billy.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. King William III of England.

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