Bananalander, subs. (Australian).—Queensland; a native of Queensland. [A large portion of Queensland lies within the tropics to which the banana (Musa sapientum) is indigenous.]
1886. Chambers’s Journal, 20 Feb., 124. Booted and spurred ‘Cornstalks’ and BANANA-MEN.
1887. Melbourne (Victoria) Sportsman, 23 March, 7. 2. Paddy Slavin came from Queensland with the reputation of having beaten all the BANANALANDERS.
1887. Sydney (N.S.W.) Bulletin, 26 Feb., 6. His friends rallied up to congratulate him,… after the custom of the simple BANANALANDER.
