of me."

1886. Frank Cowan: `Australia; a Charcoal Sketch':

"The bushman . . . <i>Gunyah</i>, his bark hovel; <i>Damper</i>,
his unleavened bread baked in the ashes; <i>Billy</i>, his
tea-kettle, universal pot and pan and bucket; <i>Sugar-bag</i>,
his source of saccharine, a bee-tree; <i>Pheasant</i>, his
facetious metaphoric euphism for Liar, quasi Lyre-bird; <i>Fit
for Woogooroo</i>, for Daft or Idiotic; <i>Brumby</i>, his
peculiar term for wild horse; <i>Scrubber</i>, wild ox;
<i>Nuggeting</i>, calf-stealing; <i>Jumbuck</i>, sheep, in
general; an <i>Old-man</i>, grizzled wallaroo or kangaroo;
<i>Station, Run</i>, a sheep- or cattle-ranch; and
<i>Kabonboodgery</i>--an echo of the sound diablery for ever in
his ears, from dawn to dusk of Laughing Jackass and from dusk
to dawn of Dingo--his half-bird -and-beast-like vocal
substitute for Very Good. . . ."

1896. H.Lawson, `While the Billy boils,' p. 71:

"He was a typical bushman, . . . and of the old bush school;
one of those slight active little fellows, whom we used to see
in cabbage-tree hats, Crimean shirts, strapped trousers, and
elastic-side boots."

(2) One who has knowledge of the bush, and is skilled in its
ways. A "good bushman" is especially used of a man who can
find his way where there are no tracks.

1868. J. Bonwick, `John Batman, Founder of Victoria,' pp. 78, 79:

"It is hardly likely that so splendid a bushman as Mr. Batman
would venture upon such an expedition had he not been well.
In fact a better bushman at this time could not be met with."

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ii. p. 3:

"The worst bushman had to undertake the charge of the camp,
cook the provisions, and look after the horses, during the
absence of the rest on flying excursions."

1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 40:

"Very slight landmarks will serve to guide a good bushman,
for no two places are really exactly alike."

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 78:

"One of the best bushmen in that part of the country: the men
said he could find his way over it blindfold, or on the darkest
night that ever was."

(3) Special sense. See quotation.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 80:

"Some were what is termed, <i>par excellence</i>, bushmen--that
is, men who split rails, get posts, shingles, take contracts
for building houses, stockyards, etc.--men, in fact, who work
among timber continually,