Category:Humpies

In Australia the word humpy referred originally to a hut or temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches. That meaning appears to have become expanded in later figurative usage to include temporary buildings made from any available materials, including canvas, flattened metal drums, and sheets of corrugated iron.
See below (File:StateLibQld 1 89308): "The first Salvation Army Hall in Bowen was a bag humpy with a thatched roof."

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The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total.

Humpy en route to Fish Creek near Oenpelli, Northern Territory, 2 October 1948 - Robert Miller (19741114619).jpg 1,024 × 708; 389 KB
Humpy, Gunyah, south west Queensland. part of scenes of far western Queensland, Fred McKay gulf patrol, 1937 - (John Flynn?) (19306853893).jpg 1,024 × 778; 234 KB
Man stroking a cat whilst sitting outside a bush humpy, Australia, ca. 1887 - Henry King (19901630566).jpg 1,021 × 1,024; 354 KB
StateLibQld 1 113072 Bushman with his dog and horse outside a humpy, Hughenden district^, 1910-1920.jpg 1,000 × 713; 123 KB
StateLibQld 1 157545 Geritz's bark humpy, Palmwoods, Queensland, 1907.jpg 1,000 × 719; 110 KB
StateLibQld 1 89308 First Salvation Army Hall in Bowen, ca. 1912.jpg 1,000 × 734; 100 KB
StateLibQld 2 239273 Bark humpy on Cleveland Road, Brisbane, 1874.jpg 1,000 × 778; 111 KB
StateLibQld 2 273211 Splitting slabs for a humpy, 1911.jpg 1,000 × 633; 116 KB

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