swaggies

"swaggies" who infested the roads, and had a very bad name down that way; so the teacher loaded his gun, and told August to rouse him at once, if she heard a sound in the night.

Over the Sliprails Henry Lawson 1894

That old ghost gum used to witness swaggies and battlers on their way

Barcaldine in 1891 2006

As Meggie wrestled with the chestnut mare two swaggies came pounding down the track from the Gilly road.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

The two swaggies followed, and last to leave, Fee and Meggie rode at a gallop down to the creek, across it and away toward the smoke.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

In return for plenty of food and a small wage, an endless procession of swaggies were temporarily entered on the station books as rouseabouts, to chop the wood for the homestead fires, feed the fowls and pigs, do the milking, help old Tom take care of the lovely gardens, do all the heavy cleaning.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

Not all the visitors were swaggies, though they were in the majority; there was the Watkins man in his old model-T, for instance.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

I've had my tucker stolen again and again, several times by birds, twice by swaggies, and once by a couple of black fellows pilgrimaging through the bush I don't know whither.

A Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1918

Never a night but we have the house full of agents or travellers of one sort or another, and there are often a dozen swaggies in the one day.

My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916

I've had my tucker stolen again and again, several times by birds, twice by swaggies, and once by a couple of black fellows pilgrimaging through the bush I don't know whither.

A Little Bush Maid 1910

Over the years tramps and swaggies developed a sign language, used to communicate the lie of the land to travellers.

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