Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) the Sydney Bulletin, a popular news magazine.

1910		Dly Mercury (Mackay, Qld) 9 Dec. 8/3: At one time we used to be an abo-liar, but of latter years the painful necessity to graft has knocked all the aboriginalities out of us, but in going over a ‘Bully’ recently we struck several on mean men .
1923		Bulletin (Sydney) 2 Aug. 22/4: Some chap in the Bully has been saying that green pawpaw is poisonous [AND].
1926		Dly Herald 15 Oct. 5/6: Now Billy Hughes was a Prime Minister [...] the most caricatured man in Diggerland [...] the Australian Press was on his side. Even the dear old Bulletin was, but the ‘Bully’ has changed its politics lately.
1943		Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. (2nd edn).
1964		T. Ronan Packhorse and Pearling Boat 50: I floundered down [...] rubbing my eyes and demanding first look at the ‘Bully’.
1976		Southerly iii 294: That’s how the Bully got its pink page, I bet: saw red [AND].
1981		L. McLean Pumpkin Pie 43: My father kept a rolled up copy of the ‘Bulletin’ at the back of his seat [...] Some of Da’s early articles were published in the ‘Bully’, as we affectionately called this magazine [AND].