Green’s Dictionary of Slang

scungey n.

(Aus.) a scounger.

[Aus]Newcastle Morn. Herald (NSW) 25 Feb. 1/2: Challenge / I, ALF. (‘Skungy’) CUNNINGHAM, will box Walter Trelevan for £15.
[Aus]Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 14 Dec. 4/4: Two local lads, ‘Skungey’ and ‘Dago’, [...] were hankering after each other’s gore.
[Aus]Morn. Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) 28 Jan. 5/5: Armed police proceeded to the camp and found a blackfellow named Skungie, aged sixty years, dead.
[Aus]Newcastle Morn. Herald 16 Aug. 7/5: Private William Gibbs (Skungie) has been wounded.