Digger
![]() Digger and Diggers can have a number of different meanings: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :#Australian and New Zealand slang term for a soldier: Digger (soldier) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :#Australian term for a gold miner (on the 'diggings') during the gold rushes of the 1850s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :#The name of a computer program: Digger (computer game) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :#An engineering vehicle: Excavator
Digger (soldier): Digger was a popular term used to describe Australian and New Zealand soldiers during the First World War. Diggers were seen to possess the characteristics of hardiness, the ANZAC spirit, mateship and resourcefulness. The term is still used today as slang for an Australian soldier.... Diggings: The 'diggings' was a colloquial term used to describe the gold rush locations in Australia during the 1850s. Gold miners - the diggers - would describe their journey 'to the diggings' and say they were 'at (or on) the diggings'. Because of the speed at which a 'rush' to a particular location might... Gold rush: A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. In the history of the United States and Canada, several gold rushes took place throughout the 19th century, first in the Appalachians, and later in the Sierra Nevada, the ... Digger related Images and Photos (experimental) | ~ Table of Content ~
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