agistment -Agistment happens when land is rented out to cattle or horse owners.  eg "We rent out our land for the Jordan's horses. They pay us a monthly agistment fee".

assayer - someone who tests the quality of metals

Boer War (1899-1902 ) War in South Africa between Britain and Dutch descended farmers who lived there. (Boer, means farmer in the Dutch language).

Bunurong - The name given to the tribe of Aborigines that inhabited Clyde. (Most likely pronounced as Boo-ne-rong) Thomas Patterson spelt the name as Boonerang

crown land - Land owned by the government. Originally “crown” meant the king/queen at the time who wore the crown. In Australia the word ‘crown land’ is still used but it means land owned by the government and is not owned by its people.

inst. - in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"

jinker - light weight two wheeled cart pulled by a horse.

L.K.G milking plant- L.K.G. (Lawrence. Kennedy, Gillies) milking machine. These were worked by steam expelled from a wood fired boiler, creating a vacuum. At times the suction would drop off and so would the milking machines! However they were moderately successful although the cows had to be stripped by hand afterwards.

mia mia - simple shelter made of branches and leaves built by aboriginals

midden - heap of shells and bones left at aboriginal camp or feasting site

phaeton is the early 19th-century term for a sporty open carriage drawn by a single horse or a pair, typically with four extravagantly large wheels, very lightly sprung, with a minimal body, fast and dangerous. It usually had no sidepieces in front of the seats. The rather self-consciously classicizing name refers to the disastrous ride of mythical Phaëton, son of Helios, who set the earth on fire while attempting to drive the chariot of the sun. (Wikipedia)

pound - a place for putting lost farm animals that are wandering outside their properties. To claim these animals the farmer has to pay a fine to the council officers who have looked after these animals. Pound Road was the border between two shires.

run - land on which animals could run free. A squatter would claim land for his own use and give his run a name eg Garem Gam

squatter - In Australia a squatter could use the land on easy terms, that is without paying much to the government

squatter's pre-emptive right - when the government's land was up for sale, the squatter already using the land, would be given first option to buy the land.

temperance movement or society - a group of people who refrain from drinking alcohol

wattle and daub - when mud or clay is plastered on walls of huts
Wattle -a framework made by weaving thin sticks through thick sticks which is used for making fences and walls.
Daub - a substance such as paint, mud or clay that is spread on a rough surface.

watercourse - brook or a stream, drain for the flow of water

watershed - line of separation between waters flowing to different rivers or basins or seas.