swaggie

She said she would; but a heavy-weight "swaggie" could have come in and sat on her and had a smoke without waking her.

Over the Sliprails Henry Lawson 1894

Some terms had (and have) a limited lifespan, but no word once printed is ever lost from the language entirely, and shortlived expressions are often significant markers of a particular historical era ( 'swaggie', 'six o'clock swill', 'Rogernomics').

Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

Once a jolly jumbuck camped by a billabong under the shade of a swaggie it seems and he sang and he watched while Conzinc mined uranium

John Howard's glowing futures 2006

Had it not been for the horse and the dogs he might have hoped for a swaggie or some down-and-out wayfarer caught, trapped.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

The meaning here may be that the swaggie spends much of his time in jail.

With My Swag Upon My Shoulder 1950

To go "on the wallaby" or "on the wallaby track" or to "hump the drum" is to travel outback as a swaggie or sundowner, ie a tramp or itinerant worker.

Australia's on the Wallaby 1933

He landed the swaggie first with one fist and then with the other, and the swaggie reckoned he'd been struck by a thunderbolt when they fished him out of the creek, where he had rolled!

A Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1918

"Some poor old beggar of a swaggie, I expect," Jim said.

A Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1918

"Of course, a beaten track to your camp would be nothing more or less than an invitation to any swaggie or black fellow to follow it up."

A Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1918

"He's certainly not the ordinary swaggie," Norah said slowly.

A Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1918