Sentence:  Once, said he, a <WSD>new chum</WSD> came to the jarrah bush. A <WSD>new chum</WSD> is a tenderfoot, specifically an English tenderfot; he is, of course, the butt of every bush and mining camp in Australia. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A newly arrived and inexperienced immigrant; a newcomer.