jackaroo AusE informal , also: jackeroo

At the age of sixteen David had gone as a jackaroo upon a sheep station, to learn the business.

The Jackaroo, as a form of apprenticeship, followed the trend.

A few months later, he ran away and lived in the bush for some weeks and then obtained a position as a jackaroo.

His son, James Packer worked on the property for a year as a jackaroo.

He remained overseas, spending time in the ranches of Australia as a jackaroo.

Another is Jackaroo, a type of agricultural worker.

After leaving school, he worked for a time as a jackaroo at Leewang station, the large grazing property his father managed.

Blundell's first works reflected his background as a jackaroo and his love of that life.

Before entering politics, Bethune worked as a jackaroo.

In 1990, Haworth was the casting director and production assistant for the television film Jackaroo.

Drysdale, too, had been a jackaroo, and both artists worked closely together and influenced each other's art.

By the time he was a teenager, Tjukangku began working for the station as a jackaroo, mustering cattle.

"A jackaroo (sometimes spelt jackeroo) Is a young man learning experience on a pastoral property.

'As a youngster he was sent out to Australia to work as a jackaroo on a sheep station.

A detached building with the jackaroo quarters, laundry and storeroom is found behind the main building.

Before entering the foreign service, Haigh spent time working as a jackaroo in the north west of Western Australia.

The Dark Nebula lasted eight issues and The Jackaroo was a single issue.

He had been working as a jackaroo in the bush and, on returning to Melbourne, undertook a Social Work degree.

He studied in farm management, and worked as a jackaroo, farm manager, and then self-employed farmer.

In his autobiography, Sam Weller remarked of a young man who had worked for a period as a jackaroo:

The Thruxton Jackaroo was designed as a four-seat cabin general purpose biplane.

Forrest's early years were spent as a jackaroo at Mindaroo Station, in the Pilbara.

Drysdale worked on his uncle's estate in Queensland, and as a jackaroo in Victoria.

A station trainee is known as a jackaroo (male) or jillaroo (female), and does much the same work as a stockman.

After completing his education, Hayward worked as a jackaroo in New South Wales for several years.