overlander

English

Etymology

overland +‎ -er

Noun

overlander (plural overlanders)

1. One who travels overland.
2. (Australia) A drover who herds large groups of sheep or cattle over long distances.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 219:

     The first overlander was Mr. Darcy Uhr, who arrived from Queensland with cattle in 1872.