Richard Magoffin, who has spent years researching Patterson's work, claims the jolly swagman is actually a German-born trade unionist named Samuel Hoffmeister.
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During the early years of the 1900s, the introduction of the pension and the dole reduced the numbers of swagmen to those who preferred the free lifestyle.
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Canowie was renowned for its hospitality toward swagmen which in around 1903 provided over 2, 000 sundowners each year with their customary two meals and a bed.
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At one point it was rumoured that a " Matilda Waltzers'Union " had been formed to give representation to swagmen at the Federation of Australia in 1901.
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The barren landscapes of the outback provided both a backdrop to the richness of the relationship, as well as explaining the swagman's love for the country.
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Luckily he was found by a passing swagman who notified an ambulance, and he was taken to the nearby Griffith hospital and treated by Dr E W Burrell.
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In Aussie slang, a jumbuck is a sheep; the swagman shelters in the shade of a coolabah tree in the bush, along a billabong, a waterhole.
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In October 1997, it was retitled " Once a Jolly Swagman Always a Jolly Swagman " and issued with additional tracks by the US label Liberation Records.
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In October 1997, it was retitled " Once a Jolly Swagman Always a Jolly Swagman " and issued with additional tracks by the US label Liberation Records.
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The owner of the Jolly Swagman motel suggested the name " Golden Four Drive " for the section of the former Brisbane to Sydney Highway located closest to the beaches.
