A female novice on a cattle station or sheep station.
〈澳，非正式〉牧场女徒工
Example sentencesExamples
Rachael Treasure - kelpie trainer, cattle farmer, jillaroo - couldn't live anywhere but in the country.
Working as a jillaroo and rural journalist proved to be great fodder for her first novel Jillaroo, which is taking both country and city readers by storm.
It may be clichéd, and it's certainly hard work, but nothing immerses you in outback life quite like a jackaroo (or jillaroo) training course.
Origin
1940s: from the given name Jill, on the pattern of jackaroo.