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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 ...
"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]
Shipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years (Fair Dinkum Histories Series: Book 1), illustrated by Peter Sheehan; 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
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Australia's colonists were forced to improvise again, and become their own craftsmen. [n. 3] In time, buildings of timber slabs became a familiar feature of rural Australia. [6] Some were public and long-lasting structures: shops, [7] schools [8] and churches; even substantial homesteads were built of slabs. [n. 4] Others were no more than hovels.
Historic sites in South Australia (3 C, 1 P) T. ... World's fair sites in Australia ... List of demolished buildings and structures in Melbourne
Murtoa Stick Shed, formally known as the Number 1 Emergency Grain Store, is a large grain store in Murtoa, a town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. It is located adjacent to the railway line in western Victoria’s vast wheatbelt. 560 upright poles, some 80-foot-long, went into building the cathedral-like structure.
No. 2 Goods Shed is a large railway freight shed in the former Spencer Street rail yards off Flinders Street Extension, Melbourne, Australia. It was constructed in 1889, originally called 'A Goods Shed', and at the time was the longest single building in Australia.
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