(AU) Someone who travels at speed through the scrub, especially chasing wild or lost livestock.
(AU) Someone who travels at speed through the scrub, especially chasing wild or lost livestock.
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A person who dashes; a fast runner.
(AU, colloquial) A swagman.
(AU) A bull living in (or bred in) the wild; a feral bull in the outback.
An Australian term with two meanings. In its more colorful sense, a scrub turkey was slang for a swagman — a wandering bush worker or itinerant laborer who travelled the outback with all their possessions on their back, living rough and working seasonal jobs. The comparison to a scruffy, wild bird is perfectly apt. In its literal sense, it refers to the Australian brush turkey, a large mound-building bird found in the eastern bush. Both uses evoke the rugged, untamed Australian bush landscape.