Sentence:  The bag of food like a <WSD>shiralee</WSD> across his shoulders, the water container stuffed into the looseness of his shirt, the compass, not required for awhile yet, in his side pocket, and the rifle balanced in his hand. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A type of swag that when rolled up resembles a leg of mutton, carried over the shoulder, usually with another load on the chest to balance it.<ref>'''1957''' September 27, D'Arcy Niland, "Aboriginalities" section of "The Bulletin", quoted in “Shiralee,” entry in 1970, Bill Wannan "Australian Folklore", 1979, Lansdowne Press, (0-7018-1309-1), page 475.</ref>