hut-keeper

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

Explained in quotations.

1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales,' vol. ii. p. 285:

«Old men, unfit for anything but to be hut-keepers who were toremain at home to prevent robbery, while the other inhabitantsof the hut were at labour.»

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. II. c.iii. p. 458

«My object was to obtain these heads, which the. . . hut-keeper instantly gave.»

1853. G. Butler Earp, `What we Did in Australia,' p. 17:

«The lowest industrial occupation in Australia, viz. ahut-keeper in the bush . . . a station from which many ofthe wealthiest flockmasters in Australia have risen.»

1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p. 21:

«A bush hut-keeper, who baked our damper, fried our chops.»

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