")
steever: Originally a Dutch coin. Used here like "penny"--or brass razoo.
sundowner: a swagman (see) who is NOT looking for work, but a
"handout". Lawson explains the term as referring to someone who
turns up at a station at sundown, just in time for "tea" i.e. the
evening meal. Line (2494) of actual text (not counting
P.G. matter).
swagman (swaggy): Generally, anyone who is walking in the "outback"
with a swag. (See "The Romance of the Swag".) Lawson also
restricts it at times to those whom he considers to be tramps,
not looking for work but for "handouts". In view of the Great
Depression (1890--. In 1892 it was reckoned 1/3 men were out of
work) perhaps unfairly. Perhaps because he _was_ there.
See `travellers'.
Tattersalls: The earliest public lottery in Australia. (1881)
tenner: a ten pound note.
tin-kettling: making noise by striking metal pots/pans. May be
celebratory (weddings--in this collection, New Year's Eve), or may
indicate extreme social disapproval of someone.
travellers: "shearers and rouseabouts travelling for work" (Lawson).

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