goondie

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

n.


a native hut. Gundai = ashelter in the Wiradhuri dialect. It is the same word as Gunyah (q.v.).

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvii. p. 204:

«There were a dozen `goondies' to be visited, and the inmatesstarted to their work.»