colonial experiencen.

Brit.

/kəˌləʊnɪəl ᵻkˈspɪərɪəns/, U.S.

/kəˌloʊnjəl ɪkˈspɪriəns/,

/kəˌloʊniəl ɪkˈspɪriəns/, Australian English

/kəˌloʊniəl ɪkˈspɪəriəns/, New Zealand English /kəˌlʌuniəl ɪkˈspiəriəns/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: colonial adj., experience n.

Etymology: < colonial adj. + experience n.

Now historical.

1. Australian and New Zealand. First-hand knowledge of the conditions of life in Australia or New Zealand; spec. the experience of working on a sheep or cattle station in order to acquire occupational skills and familiarity with Australian life and environmental conditions.

ΚΠ

1825 Hobart (Tasmania) Town Gaz. 5 Aug. There are so many persons in authority, and out of authority, whose Colonial experience, knowledge, and understanding, are indisputable.

1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country ii. 28 Industrious young people with Colonial experience like they have need have no fears about getting on.

2016 D. Carter in K. Gelder New Direct. in Pop. Fiction 359 Hornung spent only two years in Australia, but worked off his colonial experience for his most celebrated creation, Raffles, the gentleman thief.

2. Australian. A novice worker, typically a young British man, engaged on a sheep or cattle station in order to acquire occupational skills and familiarity with Australian life and environmental conditions; cf. jackeroo n. 2.

ΚΠ

1867 Warwick (Queensland) Argus 20 Sept. I knew the deceased Octavius F. Farquharson; he was what is called a ‘colonial experience’ on my station.

1892 Western Champion (Barcaldine) 21 June 13/2 First of all came the manager..with his wife and daughter in a buggy, escorted by a couple of ‘colonial experiences’ on horseback.

1931 J. Grahame in B. M. L. B. Lawson & J. L. G. Brereton H. Lawson 215 My friends discovered me and consigned me, as a ‘colonial experience’, to a very far-back station under a spirit-breaking dog of a manager.

2010 S. W. Pope in D. K. Wiggins & R. P. Rodgers Rivals xiii. 297 A sense of colonial swagger that harked back to the well-bred jackaroo, even the new chum colonial experience.

Compounds

Australian. As a modifier, with the sense ‘who has had, or is acquiring, colonial experience’ (see sense 1).

ΚΠ

1861 Rockhampton (Queensland) Bull. 17 Aug. 2/7 The Hon. Western Wood, lately a ‘colonial experience’ youth at Degilbo.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer x You're the first ‘colonial experience’ young fellow that it ever occurred to.

1927 A. Crombie After Sixty Yrs. 31 The Colonial experience boys..served one year without pay and one year at 10s. per week.

1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Late ed.) 13 The agent was not there—only a cockney colonial-experience man, and a scrub-town clerk, both of whom we kindly ignore.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	colonial experience
释义	colonial experiencen. Brit. /kəˌləʊnɪəl ᵻkˈspɪərɪəns/, U.S. /kəˌloʊnjəl ɪkˈspɪriəns/, /kəˌloʊniəl ɪkˈspɪriəns/, Australian English /kəˌloʊniəl ɪkˈspɪəriəns/, New Zealand English /kəˌlʌuniəl ɪkˈspiəriəns/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: colonial adj., experience n. Etymology: < colonial adj. + experience n. Now historical. 1. Australian and New Zealand. First-hand knowledge of the conditions of life in Australia or New Zealand; spec. the experience of working on a sheep or cattle station in order to acquire occupational skills and familiarity with Australian life and environmental conditions. ΚΠ 1825 Hobart (Tasmania) Town Gaz. 5 Aug. There are so many persons in authority, and out of authority, whose Colonial experience, knowledge, and understanding, are indisputable. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country ii. 28 Industrious young people with Colonial experience like they have need have no fears about getting on. 2016 D. Carter in K. Gelder New Direct. in Pop. Fiction 359 Hornung spent only two years in Australia, but worked off his colonial experience for his most celebrated creation, Raffles, the gentleman thief. 2. Australian. A novice worker, typically a young British man, engaged on a sheep or cattle station in order to acquire occupational skills and familiarity with Australian life and environmental conditions; cf. jackeroo n. 2. ΚΠ 1867 Warwick (Queensland) Argus 20 Sept. I knew the deceased Octavius F. Farquharson; he was what is called a ‘colonial experience’ on my station. 1892 Western Champion (Barcaldine) 21 June 13/2 First of all came the manager..with his wife and daughter in a buggy, escorted by a couple of ‘colonial experiences’ on horseback. 1931 J. Grahame in B. M. L. B. Lawson & J. L. G. Brereton H. Lawson 215 My friends discovered me and consigned me, as a ‘colonial experience’, to a very far-back station under a spirit-breaking dog of a manager. 2010 S. W. Pope in D. K. Wiggins & R. P. Rodgers Rivals xiii. 297 A sense of colonial swagger that harked back to the well-bred jackaroo, even the new chum colonial experience. Compounds Australian. As a modifier, with the sense ‘who has had, or is acquiring, colonial experience’ (see sense 1). ΚΠ 1861 Rockhampton (Queensland) Bull. 17 Aug. 2/7 The Hon. Western Wood, lately a ‘colonial experience’ youth at Degilbo. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer x You're the first ‘colonial experience’ young fellow that it ever occurred to. 1927 A. Crombie After Sixty Yrs. 31 The Colonial experience boys..served one year without pay and one year at 10s. per week. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Late ed.) 13 The agent was not there—only a cockney colonial-experience man, and a scrub-town clerk, both of whom we kindly ignore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1825
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