A person who works at a wharf; a waterside worker or labourer.
〈澳/新西兰，非正式〉码头工人；码头装卸工人
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Then in 1949 he was picked for the New Zealand side, a decision that caused a stopwork meeting by Dunedin wharfies, who objected to the omission of one of their number, George Mills.
I do not think the motivation behind the bill is to put the average group of wharfies or seafarers in that definition just for engaging in industrial action over a safety issue, or whatever it might be.
An estimated one in four wharfies at Port Botany container terminal suffer neck, shoulder and back injuries, with dozens seeking physiotherapy.
In fact he supported the communists in Vietnam and the rest of Indo-China, and used his position in the ranks of the wharfies to help undermine the morale of the Australian troops fighting there.
This lawless activity peaked in the communist-dominated unions - the wharfies and the building industry - which Santamaria and his groupers did not manage to clean up before they were disabled by Dr Evatt.