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Nor is he a wharfie's son, grandson, husband or brother.

I went from being an Origin footy star to a wharfie.

If the guy next to you is swearing like a wharfie he's probably a media billionaire.

Fast Eddie, a former wharfie, had an uncanny knowledge of form, stock exchange and horse.

After retiring from football, he moved to Brisbane in 1993, where, among other jobs, he worked as a wharfie.

I haven't laughed like that since my rottweiller tore the leg off that wharfie.

Her dad, Leo, was a wharfie turned wholesale florist at the Victoria Market.

Bill Hay is no wharfie.

Graham ended up with a creditable 58, and a sterling contribution from Wharfie once again helped us achieve a respectable score.

A former wharfie official Glen Wood was elected as Deputy Secretary.

During his seventies, he dealt with asbestos poisoning, a legacy from his working days on the Sydney docks as a wharfie.

Matthew Pavlich Tough to mark the Wharfie captain.

It was met with missiles and then a pitched battle in which one wharfie, Tom Edwards, was bludgeoned to death.

He said the NZ wharfie, an ex memberdid not want to be involved in anything which was not cleared with the union.

Arena might sing like an angel, but she swears like a wharfie and laughs like a barmaid.

He said the death of 56-year-old Newcastle wharfie Greg Fitzgibbon last year was a tragedy that could have been avoided.

"Dad was a wharfie and he has a strong sense of social justice which also permeates through Mum," Mr Szakacs said.

"What sort of girl would come here?" asked Nathan Waller, a 24-year-old casual wharfie who lived under a tree on his arrival in Dampier.

Port Botany wharfie Sue Gajdos was chosen to represent women transport workers on the international stage in 1998.

He worked at a variety of jobs including stockman, wharfie, meatworker, and cane cutter before moving to Brisbane during late years of the depression.

His father is from North Canterbury and was a freezing worker; his paternal grandfather was a wharfie.

Or Port Botany wharfie Steve Mavin.

Mood board: Margaret Howell took us to the dockyards for A/W 2016 with a polished spin on wharfie wear.

He was a wharfie throughout his working life and was renowned for his fearless tackling style and ability to harass the opposition with his defence.