Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) a derog. term for the offspring of white and Aborigine parents; also as adj.

1900		Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Sept. 14/1: Some years ago a ‘creamy’ named M’Dougall killed a white man on Wellingrove (Q.) and when he saw the police coming deliberately shot himself. [...] M’Dougall’s mother was a full nigger named Maryanne and was queen of Bonshaw.
1941		Argus (Melbourne) 15 Nov. (Supplement) 1/3: Slang applied to the aborigines occurs, of course, only in the Far North [...] They are referred to invariably as ‘Boongs’. Half-castes are ‘halfies’, and quartercastes ‘creamies’ .
1951		E. Hill Territory 444: Creamies: Quarter-caste girls.
1960		J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 31: Some o’ those creamy bitches [...] put on airs as if they was white.
1967		‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxiii 4/4: creamy: Half-caste aboriginal girl.
1973		D. Wolfe Brass Kangaroo 27: She was a half or three quarter caste aboriginal I thought. We called them ‘creamies’.
1990		Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Creamy. A half caste.
2001		D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] : creamy n. n. a P?keh?