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   shiralee

   /ˈʃɪrəliː/

   noun

   • 1. a bundle of personal belongings or blankets carried by a tramp: informal, dated Australian "out on the road with my shiralee"

   Word Origin late 19th century: of unknown origin.

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   What is a Shiralee?

   • A shiralee is a swag, a burden, a bloody millstone - and that's what four-year-old Buster is to her father, Macauley. He takes the child on the road with him to spite his wife, but months pass and still no word comes to ask for the little girl back.

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   Where did the word Shiralee come from?

   • Significantly, Baker includes alongside shiralee the comment that its origin is unknown. Ten years later in D’Arcy Niland’s The Shiralee, the word is used metaphorically in reference to the child, Buster; she is a shiralee, a physical and psychological burden for her father, Jim Macauley, an itinerant worker.

   Irish words: Shiralee - Tinteán

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   What does Shiralee mean in Irish?

   • In 1892 the word shiralee was applied to an object, a swag. The word shiralee may be the Irish word tiarálaí in disguise. Tiarálaí is pronounced ‘cheer-awe-lee’. Irish lexicographer Niall Ó Dónaill translates it as ‘toiler, slogger’. The stem word is tiaráil ‘act of toiling, slogging; laborious work’.

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   Is the Shiralee based on a true story?

   • The Shiralee is a 1957 British film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Peter Finch. It is in the Australian Western genre, based on the 1955 novel by D'Arcy Niland.

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   What does Shiralee mean in Buster & Macauley?

   • ‘Shiralee’ means ‘swag’ or burden, but since a swag also holds the basics of survival and is the source of life on the road, Shiralee is also a metaphor for the paradox represented by this little girl. Betrayed by his wife, Macauley’s emotional survival depends on Buster’s love, but she is also his burden.

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   When was 'The Shiralee' made?

   • He was best known for his first novel, The Shiralee, first published in 1955, which went on to become an international bestseller. It was turned into a film, starring Peter Finch, in 1957. But I largely knew it as a TV mini-series, produced in 1987, starring Bryan Brown.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Shiralee_(1957_film)The Shiralee (1957 film) - Wikipedia

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   The Shiralee is a 1957 British film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Peter Finch. [2] It is in the Australian Western genre, [3] based on the 1955 novel by D'Arcy Niland.

4. www.oed.com › dictionary › shiralee_nshiralee, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   What does the noun shiralee mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun shiralee . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

5. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Shiralee by D'Arcy Niland - Goodreads

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   A shiralee is a swag, a burden, a bloody millstone - and that's what four-year-old Buster is to her father, Macauley. He takes the child on the road with him to spite his wife, but months pass and still no word comes to ask for the little girl back.

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   • Author: D'arcy Niland

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Shiralee_(novel)The Shiralee (novel) - Wikipedia

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   The Shiralee is the debut full-length novel by D'Arcy Niland published in 1955. [1] It was adapted into a movie in 1957 and a mini series in 1987.

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   The meaning of SHIRALEE is the blanket roll of a tramp.

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9. tintean.org.au › 2016/07/06 › irish-words-shiraleeIrish words: Shiralee - Tinteán

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   Here the word shiralee refers to a physical object, the swagman’s bundle that has caused him great discomfort throughout the day. In theme and plot Niland extends this literal meaning for shiralee to connote a psychological burden for his main character, Jim Macauley.

10. readingmattersblog.com › 2009/08/22 › the-shiralee‘The Shiralee’ by D’Arcy Niland – Reading Matters

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    Aug 22, 2009 · As he crosses the byways and highways of rural NSW, Macauley is accompanied by his four-year-old daughter, Buster, whom he initially regards as his “shiralee”, a slang word for burden. Six months earlier he “kidnapped” Buster from her city-based mother, when Macauley discovered his wife in bed with another man.