gunyah

[ guhn-yuh ]

/ ˈgʌn yə /

an aboriginal hut or shelter.

any crude bush hut or shelter.

Origin of gunyah

First recorded in 1790–1800, gunyah is from the Dharuk word gu-n'i

By night-fall they reached their first night's camp, where they found the "gunyah" very acceptable.

The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine |Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
The meat curing was as usual a slow process, there being no salt, and a gunyah having to be made to smoke it in.

The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine |Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
Bowen's answer was to hand his weapon over to Kilbride and to creep into the gunyah on his hands and knees.

Stingaree |E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
In the evening he partook of a supper of fish and nardoo, and one of the old men shared his gunyah with poor Wills.

Australian Heroes and Adventurers |William Pyke

He then gave Mr. Burke a letter and his watch for his father, and we buried the remainder of the field-books near the gunyah.

A Source Book Of Australian History |Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne

gunyah

/ (ˈɡʌnjə) /

Australian a bush hut or shelter

C19: from a native Australian language