Greetings,

The stem of a smoking pipe marked "SQUATTER[S] / BUDGEREE" was recently
recovered from a site in northern New Jersey.

An article by Gojak and Stuart* identifies these pipes as made
specifically for the Australian market. At least one manufacturer has been
identified from northwest England, and dates for this pipe range from c.
1860-1880. (Budgeree was an Aboriginal term for "good", which made its way
into Australian colonial slang).

Has anyone seen these pipes on sites that are 1) not Australian and 2) not
a site where they may have been manufactured for export to Australia?

Also, if anyone has a copy of Dagnall's 1996 article on Squatter's
Budgeree pipes** I would be most grateful for a copy!

Regards,
Megan Springate, MA, RPA

* Gojak, Denis and Iain Stuart (1999) "The Potential for the
Archaeological Study of Clay Tobacco Pipes from Australian Sites"
Australasian Historical Archaeology 17: 38-49.

** Dagnall, R. (1996) 'Squatter's Budgeree Pipe" Society for Clay Pipe
Research Newsletter 50:53-55