They knew the white people of Victoria, and called them Balanda, which is nothing more than ‘Hollanders’; a name used by the Malays, from whom they received it.
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Balanda
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The blacks rushed up to the house calling ‘Ballanda, Ballanda’—white man—and the Boss and Missus ran out.
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On the natives’ side are […] fear of the Ballander-whiteman and the thought of losing their country.
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Then I understood that this ‘balanda’ means people with skins like the white clay.
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