(Australia, obsolete) Imaginary king of the Australian aboriginal people.
1901, Henry Lawson, ''A Bush Publican's Lament, republished in Children of the Bush'', [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7065 Gutenberg eBook #7065],
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Tasmanian aboriginal man William Lanne (c.1835-1869) believed to have been the last Tasmanian aboriginal man.
: An' supposen Ole King Billy an' his ole black gin comes round at holiday time and squats on the verander,.
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Any one of various other aboriginal men at times referred to as King Billy.
1901, Henry Lawson, ''A Bush Publican's Lament, republished in Children of the Bush'', [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7065 Gutenberg eBook #7065],
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