boundary-rider

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

a man who rides round thefences of a station to see that they are in order.

1890. E. W. Hornung, `A Bride from the Bush,' p. 279:

«A boundary-rider is not a `boss' in the Bush, but he is animportant personage in his way. He sees that the sheep in hispaddock draw to the water, that there is water for them to drawto, and that the fences and gates are in order. He is paidfairly, and has a fine, free, solitary life.»

1892. `Scribner's Magazine,' Feb., p. 147:

«The manager's lieutenants are the `boundary-riders,' whoseduty it is to patrol the estate and keep him informed uponevery portion of it.»

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