Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) euph. for bloody adj. (1)

1902		Express & Teleg. (Adelaide) 1/2: ‘They, shays back a (hic) ’orse, and the vivid moke comes absolutely larst [...] I ain’t got any lurid luck’.
1920		Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Feb. 18/1: Pushin’ up the lurid ’and-truck on its crazy set o’ rails / That get knocked to sudden glory every day.