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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Sundowner \Sun"down`er\, n. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also traveler and swagman (but not all swagmen are sundowners).

    Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations. --Francis Adams. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Swagman \Swag"man\, n. A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree. And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling, `Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing Matilda, an Australian tune.] [PJC]