a variant of Swagman (q.v.).
1879 J. Brunton Stephens, `Drought and Doctrine' (Works,p. 309):
«Rememberin' the needful, I gets up an' quietly slips
To the porch to see – – a swagsman – – with our bottle at his lips.»
1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 89:
«One of these prospecting swagsmen was journeying towards Maryborough.»
1882. A. J. Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. 111:
«Idleness being the mainspring of the journeys of the Swagsman (Anglice, `tramp').»
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xix. p. 235:
«The able-bodied swagsmen hasten towards Rainbar.»