subs. (Australian).—Generic for persons of European descent, but especially applied to girls. The children of Anglo-Australians are generally taller and slighter in build than their parents. Originally a native of New South Wales; now general. Cf., BANANALANDER.

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  1885.  Chambers’s Journal, March 21, p. 191. The stockman—a young six-foot CORNSTALK (or native of New South Wales).

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  1887.  G. L. APPERSON, in All the Year Round, 30 July, p. 67, col. 2. A native of New South Wales is known as a CORNSTALK.

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  1888.  Colonies and India, 14 Nov. Auld Jamie Inglis has written ‘anither buik, ye ken’ … for the delectation of the youthful CORNSTALK’S mind.

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