A native-born Australian man, as distinct from an immigrant.
the currency lads and lasses began inventing the Australian way of speaking
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Currency lads and lasses were mostly the children of convicts or emancipists, and the term suggested inferiority and a distinct identity.
Our currency lads and lasses are a fine interesting race, and they do honour to the country whence they originated.
One story argues that currency lads were so called because they demanded to be paid in cash money.
As the spirit of Australian nationhood bloomed, when called currency lads or lasses, native-born children of all classes bore the name with pride.
A currency lad was a native-born Australian—which is not to say an Aborigine, whose unique right to and sense of belonging would not be acknowledged for many decades.
His characterization of the currency lads and lasses exemplifies the general contemporary view.
She got more pleasure from a moment's reading than the admiration of the local currency lads.
The two young men are currency lads—born and bred in the new land now being called Australia.
The physical and behavioural characteristics of currency lads and lasses impressed contemporary observers.
W. C. Wentworth was the most celebrated currency lad.