Bilby (disambiguation) explained

A bilby is an Australian mammal in the genus Macrotis; the two species are known as:

• Lesser bilby, extinct since the 1950s
• Greater bilby, now commonly referred to as the bilby

Bilby may also refer to:

People

• Bilby, a variant of the surname Bilbe
• Bruce Bilby (1922-2013), British mechanical engineer
• Grahame Bilby (born 1941), New Zealand cricketer and soccer player
• Jasper S. Bilby, (1864–1949) American surveyor
• John S. Bilby (1832–1919), founder of the Bilby Ranch, USA
• Kenneth M. Bilby (born 1953), American ethnomusicologist
• Kenneth W. Bilby (1918-1997), American awardee of the Legion of Honor, executive vice president and author
• Oscar Bilby, American farmer claimed as the inventor of the hamburger in 1891
• Richard Bilby (1931-1998), United States district judge for Arizona

Places

• Bilby, Alberta, Canada
• Bilby, Nottinghamshire, England

Other

• BILBY Award, an Australian award for children's books
• Bilby tower, a type of steel survey tower
• Bilby (film), an animated short film
• Easter Bilby, an Australian alternative to the Easter Bunny

See also

• Bilby's Doll, an opera by the American composer Carlisle Lloyd
• Bielby, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England