1961 (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 21: I do notice the city people go into the bush for a holiday and pass by us bushies heading for the ‘Big smoke’.at Big Smoke, n.
1961 (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 20: Old boots tells yer they’re fly-blown, but new ones mean they’re in the dough.at fly-blown, adj.
1961 (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 21: I do notice the city people go into the bush for a holiday and pass by us bushies heading for the ‘Big smoke’.at bushy, n.1
1961 (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 20: Everywhere I heard the term ‘captain’ or ‘a whale in the bay’ and came to realise it meant someone with money to spend.at whale in the bay (n.) under whale, n.