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Billy tea is the drink prepared by the ill-fated swagman in the popular Australian folksong Waltzing Matilda.
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The song Waltzing Matilda, which is about a swagman and squatters, is probably Australia's best internationally known and most well-loved song.
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Then we introduced the daring new tactic of an old man with rose-tinted glasses casually strumming a guitar, singing the great bush ballad about a swagman stealing a sheep to eat.
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- An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
- The Swagman Restaurant was a restaurant in Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Australia, which opened in 1972 and burnt down in 1991. The restaurant was famous in Melbourne for its long-running television commercials, cabaret shows, and smorgasbord.
- Itinerant farm worker, tramp
- An unemployed man of few skills who travelled about the country on foot, carrying his few belonging tied up in a swag. These men earned a very meagre living from odd jobs, occasional employment, and country charity.
- An itinerant traveler who carries all his belongings in a swag. From Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country: "The term comes from the rolled blanket, or swag, he carried." This may be an itinerant worker or simply a hobo.
- A gunman who speaks in an Australian accent and wears a costume based on the clothes of Australian bandit Ned Kelly. An enemy of Dark Ranger.^[3]
- One who travels doing odd jobs, etc.
- A tramp or homeless person in the bush, who carries all his possessions in a 'swag' or blanket-wrapped bundle. Not really in use nowadays.
- Bushman or nomadic bush traveler
