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Definition of Jackeroos
1. jackeroo [n] - See also: jackeroo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackeroos
Literary usage of Jackeroos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outback in Australia: Or, Three Australian Overlanders; Being an Account of by Kilroy Harris (1913)
"To-day the jackeroos, ie, " Pastoral Students," or " Station Cadets," are
hardworking, sober, serious, earnest young Australians, mostly the sons of station ..."
2. The Genesis of Queensland: An Account of the First Exploring Journeys to and by Henry Stuart Russell (1888)
"Then the approach of " jackeroos ") (P. Leslie and Murphy) last June, some moons
before, had been heralded by the frightened darkies; then (for Leslie had ..."
3. The Bulletin Story Book: A Selection of Stories and Literary Sketches from by Bulletin (Sydney, Alfred George Stephens (1901)
"For assistants, he had half-a-dozen of us—jackeroos and ... Besides the manager
and the jackeroos, there were a few boundary-riders to prowl round the ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Empire Society, London (1899)
"We were the jackeroos; and in this way we made our entrance into Brisbane with
my dear friend and partner, Gilbert Elliott, the son of Admiral Elliott. ..."
5. A History of the Australasian Colonies: (from Their Foundation in the Year 1893) by Edward Jenks (1896)
"Thereupon the Government officials joined heartily with the " jackeroos " (as
the squatters had been called by the blacks), and a more practicable pass ..."
6. Life and Progress in Australasia by Michael Davitt (1898)
"All " jackeroos " do not stay in Australia, though many do. Those who return "home"
excuse the failure occasioned by their useless manhood by criticising ..."
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