Camp, the n.
1. (Aus.) Sydney.
(con. 1821) Sun. Times (Sydney) 15 Sept. 21/1: The ageing man who had known the settlement during: its thirty-three years of existence could give his reminiscences of the days when Sydney was only known as ’The Camp’. | ||
Aus. Lang. 43: The Sydney settlement became known almost immediately as the Camp; later the term was transferred to the Hobart convict settlement. |
2. (Aus.) Hobart.
see sense 1. |