jackaroo
Outback station trainee
A jackaroo is a young man working on a sheep or cattle station in Australia to gain experience in farming and livestock management—essentially an apprentice rancher.
The term suggests someone learning the trade, often from a city background.
The female equivalent is jillaroo.
He spent a gap year as a jackaroo in the Outback.
One being instructed
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- learnerOne gaining knowledge
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
stockman · ringer · overseer · mentor · mustering · droving · fencing · branding
Remote interior wilderness
- stationFixed stopping point
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- ringerImpostor in competition
drover · swagman · bushcraft · mateship · larrikin · pastoral · rural · Queensland
Fixed stopping point
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- remoteDistant or controller
- aridDevoid of water
- billabongIsolated river pool
spinifex · stockyard · homestead · windmill · mustering · droving · campfire · swag
trainee
One being instructed
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- learnerOne gaining knowledge
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
rookie · stockman · ringer · overseer · mentor · mustering · droving · fencing · branding · shearing
outback
Remote interior wilderness
ringer · drover · swagman · bushcraft · mateship · larrikin · pastoral · rural · Queensland · droving
station
Fixed stopping point
billabong · spinifex · stockyard · homestead · windmill · mustering · droving · campfire · swag · ute
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
herding · branding · fencing · grazing · pasture · stockyard · calving · shearing · horseback · stockwhip
saddle
Mounted rider's seat
mustering · droving · horseback · stockwhip · tack · mounted · packhorse · farrier · hooves · canter
- Australasiakangaroo, koala, Sydney, Melbourne, outback
- livestock workerscowboy, rancher, cattleman, cowherd, cowhand
- Outbackoutback, station, red sand, cattle station, dust storm
- Outback Jobsdrover, stockman, ringer, musterer, station manager
- Australianakangaroo, Vegemite, boomerang, koala, didgeridoo
- Cowboycowboy, cowboys, cowgirls, ranch, rancher
jackaroocity slicker
Savvy metropolitan dweller
urbanite · office worker · white-collar worker · city dweller