Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) a rural sickness, mainly in Queensland.

1833		Aus. Town & Country Jrnl (NSW) 10 Nov. 26/3: In the absence of which Worcester sauce, painkiller and farmers’ friend were brought into requisition, of the sore eyes, ‘Barcoo rot,’ and ‘Belyando spew’.
1882		Brisbane Courier (Qld) 19 Dec. 2/3: Those classical maladies called the Barcoo rot and the Bellyando spew.
1894		Queenslander (Brisbane) 27 Oct. 788/1: There’s Bathurst burr [...] Ticks and Belyando spew, / There’s Barcoo rot and sandy blight.
1914		Townsville Daily Bull. 15 Jan. 5/2: We used to call this the ‘Belyando spew’.
1918		C. Fetherstonhaugh After Many Days 272: What I called the Belyando Spue was a most trying ailment [...] The Western fellows called it the ‘Barcoo sickness’ , the Northern men termed it the ‘Burdekin vomit’.
1933		W.H. Fysh Taming the North 218: ‘Barcoo Spew’ or ‘Belyando Spew’ was common also, and appeared in the form of a sudden and violent urge to be ill, often in the middle of a meal.
1941		Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
1945		Baker Aus. Lang. 62: Belyando spew, a sickness characterized by vomiting after food is taken.
1956		Argus (Melbourne) 17 Feb. 4/6: Belyando spew [...] was an old-time expression for vomiting.