"There was never his like in the open bush,
And never his match on the cattle-camps."
(3) In Australia, frequently used for a camping-out expedition. Often in composition with "out," a <i>camp-out</i>.
1869. `Colonial Monthly,' vol. iv.p. 289:
"A young fellow with even a moderate degree of sensibility must be excited by the novelty of his first `camp-out' in the Australian bush."
1880. R. H. Inglis, `Australian Cousins,' p. 233:
"We're going to have a regular camp; we intend going to Port
Hocking to have some shooting, fishing, and general diversion."
(4) A name for Sydney and for Hobart, now long obsolete, originating when British military forces were stationed there.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. ii. p. 70:
"It is the old resident—he who still calls Sydney, with its population of twelve thousand inhabitants, <i>the camp</i>,—that can appreciate these things: he who still recollects the few earth-huts and solitary tents scattered through the forest brush surrounding Sydney Cove (known properly then indeed by the name of `The Camp')."
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 193: