Etymology and terminology The name wallaby comes from Dharug walabi or waliba. Another early name for the wallaby, in use from at least 1802, was the brush-kangaroo.Morris, Edward (1898, London, Macmillan & Co, reprinted 1973, Sydney), A dictionary of Austral English, Sydney University Press, p.59.
Etymology and terminology The name wallaby comes from Dharug walabi or waliba. Another early name for the wallaby, in use from at least 1802, was the brush-kangaroo.Morris, Edward (1898, London, ,Macmillan & Co, reprinted 1973 Sydney), A dictionary of Austral English, Sydney University Press, p.59.