Ratty: Shabby, dilapidated; somewhat eccentric, perhaps even slightly mad.

Selector: A free selector, a farmer who selected and settled land

by lease or license from the government.

Shout: To buy a round of drinks.

Sliprails/slip-rails: movable rails, forming a section of fence,

which can be taken down in lieu of a gate.

Sly grog shop or shanty: An unlicensed bar or liquor-store,

especially one selling cheap or poor-quality liquor.