Billycan

A billycan is an Australian term for a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket^[1]^[2]^[3] commonly used for boiling water, making tea/coffee or cooking over a campfire^[4] or to carry water.^[3] It is commonly known simply as a billy, or occasionally as a billy can (billy tin or billy pot in Canada).

^ Black, S. J. S. 2010 "Tried and Tested": community cookbooks in Australia, 1890–1980. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics
^ Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (27 November 2014). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. ISBN 9781317625117 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Farrell, Michael. "Death Watch: Reading the Common Object of the Billycan in 'Waltzing Matilda'". Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature 10 (2010)
^ "National Museum of Australia - Billy". National Museum of Australia.

[1] Black, S. J. S. 2010 "Tried and Tested": community cookbooks in Australia, 1890–1980. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics

[2] Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (27 November 2014). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. ISBN 9781317625117 – via Google Books.

[Farrell,_Michael_2010-3] Farrell, Michael. "Death Watch: Reading the Common Object of the Billycan in 'Waltzing Matilda'". Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature 10 (2010)

[nma.gov.au-4] "National Museum of Australia - Billy". National Museum of Australia.

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