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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang includes "Gundaroo bullock n. [late 19C] (Aus.) cooked koala meat" (Gundar is a town in SE New South Wales).  There is a [http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-gundaroo-bullock/ poem] of the this name by AB Banjo Paterson (1864-1941) that is probably the source. "An old man bear for breakfast is a treat in Gundaroo."

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang includes "Gundaroo bullock n. [late 19C] (Aus.) cooked koala meat" (Gundar is a town in SE New South Wales).  There is a [http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-gundaroo-bullock/ poem] of the this name by AB Banjo Paterson (1864-1941) that is probably the source. "An old man bear for breakfast is a treat in Gundaroo."

In 1840, the Polish explorer Count Paul Strzelecki survived a [http://www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/webfiles/media/link/december05/link%20dec%2005%20-%20page%2009.pdf diasterous trek] through the mountrain range named after him . "Starvation was only kept at bay by an indigenous member of the group hunting koalas, which the men cooked and ate."  Haven't found their report on what it tasted like. In his book "The Count: A life of Sir Paul Strzelecki, KCMG Explorere and Scientist" (William Hienemann, Melbourne, 1954), Geoffrey Rawson quotes James Riley ( a member of the expedition) from a letter to his mother, "We saw only one animal through the country we passed, the size of a small dog which lives in trees -- a monkey or native bear. We got some by shooting, some by the native ["the Goulburn blackfellow Charlie Tarra"] climbing the trees. We ate them raw when we could not make a fire which was difficult because dry fuel was scarce." (p. 98).

In 1840, the Polish explorer Count Paul Strzelecki survived a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120324191215/http://latrobe.vic.gov.au/webfiles/media/link/december05/link%20dec%2005%20-%20page%2009.pdf diasterous trek] through the mountrain range named after him. "Starvation was only kept at bay by an indigenous member of the group hunting koalas, which the men cooked and ate."  Haven't found their report on what it tasted like. In his book "The Count: A life of Sir Paul Strzelecki, KCMG Explorere and Scientist" (William Hienemann, Melbourne, 1954), Geoffrey Rawson quotes James Riley ( a member of the expedition) from a letter to his mother, "We saw only one animal through the country we passed, the size of a small dog which lives in trees -- a monkey or native bear. We got some by shooting, some by the native ["the Goulburn blackfellow Charlie Tarra"] climbing the trees. We ate them raw when we could not make a fire which was difficult because dry fuel was scarce." (p. 98).