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Fair Dinkum, also known as "Dink" for short, (performed by Patty Maloney and voiced by Hal Smith), is a koala who serves as ringmaster of the circus. As he is from Australia, he has the accent they have as well. There are a few things that Dink is afraid of - heights (so he's scared of flying) and drowning in the water being a few of them.
"Ocker" was recorded from 1916 as a nickname for anyone called Oscar. The 1920s Australian comic strip Ginger Meggs contained a character called Oscar ("Ocker") Stevens. The term "ocker" in its modern usage arose from a character of that name, played by Ron Frazer, who appeared in the satirical television comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show from 1965 to 1968. [7]
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Reindler drove a Brad Jones Racing customer Holden Commodore under the banner of Britek Motorsport and Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing. [ 2 ] Reindler continued with the Brad Jones Racing team in 2011, and after a season-best qualifying and finish of 6th and 7th on the Saturday at the Barbagallo Raceway round in 2011, he was involved in a major start ...
Grim Crims & Convicts (Fair Dinkum Histories #2), illustrated by Peter Sheehan; The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily series #2) Drought, illustrated by Bruce Whatley; Rotters and Squatters (Fair Dinkum Histories #3), illustrated by Peter Sheehan; Gold, Graves and Glory(Fair Dinkum Histories #4), illustrated by Peter Sheehan
Fair dinkum" was first used in England in 1881, and is the equivalent of West Yorkshire "fair doos". The word "dinkum" is first recorded in Australia in the 1890s. [21] G'day – a greeting, meaning "good day". [11] [22] Manchester (frequently lower-case) – household linen (sheets, pillow cases etc.), as in "manchester department" of a ...
Fair Dinkum Aussie Alphabet part 3: 17 October 2017 Gavin Ryan The Fair Dinkum Aussie Alphabet series of stamps takes a light-hearted look at Australia through our cultural icons, inventions, places, characters, flora, and fauna and more. It explores our unique brand of "Aussie" humour and showcases our ability to laugh at ourselves.
Yowie is one of several names for an Australian folklore entity that is reputed to live in the Outback.The creature has its roots in Aboriginal oral history. In parts of Queensland, they are known as quinkin (or as a type of quinkin), and as joogabinna, [1] in parts of New South Wales, they are called Ghindaring, jurrawarra, myngawin, puttikan, doolaga, gulaga and thoolagal. [1]