-
originated in
Australia in the 19th
century and was
later used in New Zealand.
Swagmen were
particularly common in
Australia during times of
economic uncertainty...
- and many others, some of whom
would have been
happy to have been
called swagmen and some not. In the
early 1800s, the term swag was used by
British thieves...
-
similar to a
slouch hat.
Believed by some to have been worn by
jackaroos and
swagmen in the bush-fly-infested
Australian outback, the cork hat has
become part...
- the
struggle against government tyranny, or the
lives of bushrangers,
swagmen, drovers,
stockmen and shearers,
continue to
influence the genre. This...
- non-Aboriginal Australians, for example, a
smaller food bag
carried by
swagmen along with
their swags. The term is also used by
Australians to describe...
-
fictional account of
rural dwellers,
including bullock drivers,
squatters and
swagmen, in
southern New
South Wales and
northern Victoria,
during the 1880s. The...
- term "Matilda" are disputed; one
fanciful derivation states that when
swagmen met each
other at
their gatherings,
there were
rarely women to
dance with...
-
Halal snack pack
Damper is a
traditional Australian bread prepared by
swagmen,
drovers and
other travellers. It is a wheat-flour-based bread, traditionally...
- the East and West Swamps,
there was a log with an
inscription informing swagmen of the way to a well-known
homestead where food
rations were available...
- ways of life of the
epoch and of such
people and
events as bushrangers,
swagmen, drovers,
stockmen and shearers.
Convict and
bushranger verses often railed...
