| Most families lived in stone houses, rather than tents or humpies as was usually the case in the other settlements, built along a road at the top of the cliffs. |
| Besides these there are several nomadic dwellings, such as tents, bush humpies, and drays. |
| The shanties in which the men lived and the humpies of the blacks were not visible until the visitor was close on to the spot. |
| Townsville is simply a collection of humpies and shanties built upon an ill-smelling mud bank. |
| At the other end of the economic scale there are people living in humpies in the bushland surrounding the town. |
| Living conditions were harsh and spartan with many families living in humpies or tents. |
