Australian Slang
Animals | Behaviour | Events | Objects | People | Phrases | Places
| PLACES |
| Back of Bourke : |
long way away |
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| Billabong : |
an ox-bow river or watering hole |
Black Stump
(beyond the) : |
a long way away, the back of nowhere |
| Boozer : |
a pub |
| Bottle shop : |
off license |
| Bottle-o : |
off license |
| Brizzie : |
Brisbane, state capital of Queensland |
| Bundy : |
short for Bundaberg, Queensland, and the brand of rum that's made there |
| Bush : |
outback |
| BYO : |
unlicensed restaurant where you have to Bring Your Own grog |
| Down Under : |
Australia and New Zealand |
| Dunny : |
outside lavatory |
| Going off : |
a place that is a lot of fun |
| Kindie : |
kindergarten |
| Lucky Country, the : |
Australia |
| Maccas : |
McDonald's |
| Milk bar : |
takeaway food shop |
| Never never(land) : |
the Outback / centre of Australia |
| O.S. : |
overseas |
| Outback : |
central areas of Australia |
| Oz : |
Australia |
| Rage : |
party |
| Servo : |
petrol station |
| Sleepout : |
house verandah converted to a bedroom |
| Station : |
a big farm/grazing property |
| Top End : |
far north of Australia |
| Uni : |
university |
| Unit : |
apartment |
| Woop Woop : |
a small, perhaps, unimportant town |
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