swagman
7 photos tagged swagman, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.
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- swag
- billy
- swaggie
- pipe
- smoking
- queensland
- statelibraryofqueensland
- man
- men
- hat
- powerhousemuseum
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- sundowner
- slq
- billycan
- pipesmoking
- road
- walking
- bush
- country
- bowlerhat
- dc:identifier=httpwwwpowerhousemuseumcomcollectiondatabaseirn28324
- swagmen
- swaggies
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- State Library of Queensland
- Powerhouse Museum
- State Library of New South Wales
- Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection
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Swagmen standing under trees, outback Queensland, ca. 1905 from State Library of Queensland uploaded May 2019
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, June 28, 1928 from State Library of Queensland uploaded May 2018
Swagmen standing under trees in rural Queensland ca. 1905 from State Library of Queensland uploaded September 2016
Nellie Kolle as a Swaggie, before 1924 / photographer unknown from State Library of New South Wales uploaded March 2010
A Swagman from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded July 2008
A rest on the road from Powerhouse Museum uploaded March 2008
On the wallaby track from Powerhouse Museum uploaded March 2008
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On the wallaby track
from Powerhouse Museum
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Nellie Kolle as a Swaggie, before 1924 / photographer unknown
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Kerouac Kid said:
I'm from San Antonio, TX, USA and I just have to comment and say that I love having yall as a contact and looking at old pictures. It's so very intriguing!!
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cheerful wheel said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fascination Nostalgia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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The photo is beautiful
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Cassiopée2010 said:
Magnifique !
Swagmen standing under trees in rural Queensland ca. 1905
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Vesna Verencevic said:
A swagman (also called a swaggie, sundowner or tussocker) was a transient labourer who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying his belongings in a swag (bedroll). The term 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, such as the 1890s and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many unemployed men travelled the rural areas of Australia on foot, their few meagre possessions rolled up and carried in their swag. Their swag was frequently referred to as "Matilda", hence Waltzing Matilda refers to walking with their swag. Typically, they would seek work in farms and towns they travelled through, and in many cases the farmers, if no permanent work was available, would provide food and shelter in return for some menial task. The figure of the "jolly swagman", represented most famously in Banjo Paterson's bush poem "Waltzing Matilda", became a folk hero in 19th-century Australia, and is still seen today as a symbol of anti-authoritarian values that Australians considered to be part of the national character. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swagman