What is "shiralee"

n. 1 (context uncommon English) burden, load. 2 # (context in particular Australia colloquial dated English) A type of swag that when rolled up resembles a leg of mutton, carried over the shoulder, usually with another load on the chest to balance it.'''1957''' September 27, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'Arcy%20Niland, ''Aboriginalities'' section of ''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bulletin'', quoted in “Shiralee,” entry in 1970, Bill Wannan ''Australian Folklore'', 1979, Lansdowne Press, ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, page 475.