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Kid Koala is the stage name of the Canadian DJ Eric San. "Koala Infestation" is one of the more popular bits performed by comedian Mitch Hedberg. During the Vietnam War, conscripted Australian soldiers were derisively called "Koala soldiers" by regular army personnel. The rationale behind this name was that they were 'not to be exported or shot ...
Another hypothesis is that koala was an aboriginal name from the Hawkesbury River district near Sydney. [6] Adopted by white settlers, the word "koala" became one of hundreds of Aboriginal loan words in Australian English, where it was also commonly referred to as "native bear", [7] later "koala bear", for its resemblance to a bear. [8]
This list of Australian Aboriginal group names includes names and collective designations which have been applied, either currently or in the past, to groups of Aboriginal Australians. The list does not include Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are ethnically, culturally and linguistically distinct from Australian Aboriginal peoples, although ...
The labels of all three subgroups reflect the word for 'man' or 'Aboriginal person' in their respective included languages. The koala is named from the word gula for the animal in the Dharug language, [4] a Yuin–Kuri language within the Yora group, and the same word occurs in other Yuin–Kuri languages, such as Gundungurra, [5] within the ...
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 English.
Koala Sing: Frank and Buster: Koala The Koala Brothers: The titular siblings who travel by plane to help their neighbors in a sleepy town in the Australian Outback.Frank voiced by Keith Wickham. Buster voiced by Rob Rackstraw. Constance Koala Koala Taz-Mania: Kwicky Koala: Koala Hanna-Barbera's The Kwicky Koala Show
One of the world’s cutest tree marsupials may be in trouble. As it turns out Australia’s koala populations are declining fast.
Borobi. Borobi was the official mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. [1] Borobi is a male koala with blue fur and markings on his paws designed by Aboriginal artist Chern'ee Sutton.