bushwoman

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

n. See quotation.


1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, p. 707, col. 1:

«But who has championed the cause of the woman of the bush – – or, would it be more correct to say bushwoman, as well asbushman? – – and allowed her also a claim to participate in thefounding of a nation?»