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  2. Australian English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    British geographical terms not in common use in Australia include (Australian usage in bold): coppice (cleared bushland); dell (valley); fen (swamp); heath (shrubland); meadow (grassy plain); moor (swampland); spinney (shrubland); stream (creek); woods (bush) and village (even the smallest settlements in Australia are called towns or stations).

  3. List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages.Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. . Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang, have become widely used in other varieties of English, and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond En

  4. Category:Australian Aboriginal words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Note: As "Australian Aboriginal" is not a distinct language, but rather a collective term for a large group of languages, this category is useful as a holding place for all words with an origin in the different Aboriginal languages.

  5. Australian Aboriginal English - Wikipedia

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    Macquarie Dictionary's Australian Word Map ascribes six meanings, based on feedback from around the country, in which the word is used as several different parts of speech, mainly relating to deceit, joking, and false, but also to a lame (pathetic, bad) idea. As a verb ("gammon/gamin/gammin around") means to fool around, and may also be used as ...

  6. Australian words - Wikipedia

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  7. List of Australian Aboriginal languages - Wikipedia

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    Maya language (Australia) Maia, Maja WA Mayaguduna language: 2 Mbabaram language: Barbaram 2 [6] Qld Mbara language (Australia) Mbariman-Gudhinma language: 3 [6] Mbiywom language: Qld Meriam Mir language [1] 160 to 210 Definitely endangered Miriwoong language, Miriwung language [1] 10 to 20 (1990 Schmidt) Critically endangered Miwa language ...

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  9. Cooee - Wikipedia

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    Australia World War I recruitment poster depicts an Australian soldier in the Dardanelles using the "Coo-ee" to summon reinforcements from Australia, 1915. Cooee! (/ ˈ k uː iː /) is a shout that originated in Australia to attract attention, find missing people, or to indicate one's own location.