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  2. Cork hat - Wikipedia

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    The shape and material of cork hats varies but, typically, they are similar to a slouch hat. Believed by some to have been worn by jackaroos and swagmen in the bush-fly-infested Australian outback, [2] the cork hat has become part of the stereotypical, almost mythical, representation of the Australian ocker, particularly in the United Kingdom ...

  3. Aussie salute - Wikipedia

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    The movement responds to the fly found in Australia, the bush fly. The Musca vetustissima [4] is attracted to such fluids as saliva, tears and sweat, [5] resulting in them often hovering around human faces. With things such as cork hats popularized to help keep off the fly, the gesture can be spotted across the country, not just in regional ...

  4. List of hat styles - Wikipedia

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    A small hat with straight, upright sides, a flat crown, and no brim. Pith helmet: A lightweight rigid cloth-covered helmet made of cork or pith, with brims front and back. Worn by Europeans in tropical colonies in the 19th century. The pith helmet is an adaptation of the native salakot headgear of the Philippines. Planter's hat

  5. Slouch hat - Wikipedia

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    Frederick Bell VC, West Australian Mounted Infantry, Boer War 'A' Company of the Victorian Mounted Rifles on manoeuvres in Victoria in 1889. A slouch hat is a wide-brimmed felt or cloth hat most commonly worn as part of a military uniform, often, although not always, with a chinstrap.

  6. Swagman - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, Australian bush poetry grew in popularity alongside an emerging sense of Australian nationalism. The swagman was venerated in poetry and literature as symbolic of Australian nationalistic and egalitarian ideals. Popular poems about swagmen include Henry Lawson's Out Back (1893) and Shaw Neilson's The Sundowner (1908).

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