tiersman

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

n.


Tasmanian word for one who livesin the Tiers (q.v.).

1852. F. Lancelott, `Australia as it is,' vol. ii. p. 115:

«Splatters, or, as they are commonly called tiersmen, reside inthe forest of stringy bark . . .»