THE SWAGMAN'S DIARIES: Basic Survival Skills // Primitive Shelter / / Bushcraft - Open Fire Cooking!

The Swagman's Diaries; today in 2020, I'm reliving this way of simple living!

An Australian Swagman (also called a swaggie, sundowner or tussocker) was a transient labourer who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying his belongings in a swag (bedroll). The term originated in Australia in the 19th century and was later used in New Zealand.

Swagmen were particularly common in Australia during times of economic uncertainty, such as the 1890s and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many unemployed men travelled the rural areas of Australia on foot, their few meagre possessions rolled up and carried in their swag. Typically, they would seek work in farms and towns they travelled through, and in many cases the farmers, if no permanent work was available, would provide food and shelter in return for some menial task.

A swagman would develop lots of skills in basic bushcraft, open fire cooking, living off the land and providing basic shelter for themselves.

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