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Murrumbidgee|mʌrəmˈbɪdʒiː|
The name of a river in southern New South Wales used attrib. in various Austral. slang collocations, as Murrumbidgee jam (see quot. 1943); Murrumbidgee w(h)aler, a swagman who camped in the region of the Murrumbidgee or other river, regarded as a classic type of indolent person; so Murrumbidgee whaling.
1873J. C. F. Johnson Christmas on Carringa 16 Men when on the tramp through the Riverina country often carry a piece of twine and a hook to catch cod or black⁓fish. This is termed Murrumbidgee Whaling. 1878‘Ironbark’ Southerly Busters 177 Murrumbidgee whalers are a class of loafers who work for about six months in the year—i.e., during shearing and harvest, and camp the rest of the time in bends of rivers, and live by fishing and begging. 1885Australasian Printers' Keepsake 72 [He] eyed Bob very suspiciously, muttering ‘spieler’ and ‘Murrumbidgee whaler’. 1943Baker Dict. Austral. Slang (ed. 3) 52 Murrumbidgee jam, brown sugar moistened with cold tea and spread on damper. 1953A. Russell Murray Walkabout 147 He was a ‘Murrumbidgee whaler’, the river prototype of the tramping sundowner. 1969Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 2 Nov. 34/1 The so-called Murrumbidgee whalers roamed the inland rivers, particularly for about 50 years from the 1880s, and caught cod which they sold to hotels and farms. |