- muddie
- a mud crab
A large edible crab, Scylla serrata, found in mangrove regions and adjacent waters of the coastline of northern WA, NT, Qld and NSW.
- quandong
- an australian tree
With a red fruit containing an edible kernel.
aboriginal language wiradjuri from nsw - stacks
- lots of something
Come over, I've got stacks of beer.
- galvo
- galvanised iron
In the form of corrugated sheets, a quintessential building material in Oz. - Adrian Quist
- drunk
A champion aussie tennis player.
Adrian Quist (1913–1991)rhyming slang: quist for pissed
- AFL
- 1 australian football league
The organisation which replaced the Victorian Football League in 1990 and which regulates the national Australian Rules Football competition.
2 a game of australian rules football
The acronym AFL is used colloquially as a name for the sport when distinguishing it from other football codes, particularly in Qld and NSW.aussie rules
- jackass ∼ jacko, jacky
- a kookaburra
Also called the laughing jackass.
since 1850
- yidaki
- a wind instrument
The instrument was originally used only in Arnhem Land, but became commonly known in Australia as the didgeridoo.
The Yolgnu word for the instrument has become widely known in recent decades, and was popularised by the music group Yothu Yindi, formed in 1986, whose members were Yolgnu speakers. first nations language yolgnu from arnhem land, nt
- yiel-yiel
- a small tree of eastern australian rainforests
Grevillea Hilliana, also known as the White Silky Oak. It produces long branched clusters of white to pale green flowers from May to October.
The wood is used in cabinetwork.
- drongo
- a fool, a stupid person, a simpleton
Originally an RAAF term for a raw recruit, derived from the name of a well-credentialled racehorse who could do just about anything…except win a race. He was retired in 1925 after thirty-seven starts led to thirty-seven losses. -
since the 1940s
- panel van
- a vehicle like a station wagon
With a single row of seats for the driver and passenger. Also called a panno or shaggin' wagon.
- Jacky Howe
- a navy or black sleeveless woolen jumper
Traditionally worn by labourers and bushmen.
Named after John Robert Howe, who established a world shearing record by hand-shearing 321 sheep in 7 hours and 40 minutes at Alice Downs, Qld in 1892.
His world record stood until 1950 when it was broken by a shearer using a machine.
- racehorse
- a thinly rolled tobacco cigarette or marijuana joint
originally prison slang
- rare as rocking-horse shit
- non-existant or exceedingly scarce
- rizzle
- a returned services club
The Returned and Services League of Australia is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Defence Force.
- red goshawk
- an australian hawk
Probably the rarest endemic bird of prey, Erythrotriorchis radiatus is a large brown bird with a cream head, throat, and red-brown underparts.
It feeds on live prey, mostly other birds and small ground animals, and is found throughout northern and eastern Australia.
- echo
- a small returnable beer bottle
Originally they were washed & re-used.
Nowadays they are recycled, but the term is still in use.south australian slang
- babbling brook
- a cook
rhyming slang: babbling brook for cook
- act
- to pretend to be someone or something which you are not
He's bungin' on an act.It is wiser to be natural, and speak the truth about yourself. - deadly treadly
- a bicycle
Lacking in accessories such as brakes, lights, etcetera. ocker slang
- aboriginality
- awareness of being a first nations australian
The descendants of the original custodians of Australia who maintain links to their country and customs.first nations
- mullygrubber
- a ball that doesn't bounce after pitching
A type of delivery that is low to the ground.
You should put Stevo in to bowl next.
He might produce one of his legendary mullygrubbers!coined by cricket legend richie benaud
- dog fence
- the longest continuous barrier constructed on earth
Stretching 5300 km from the Great Australian Bight in South Australia, across the country and through Queensland.
Designed to keep the dingoes in the north away from sheep country in the south.
- chatty
- rough , dirty , in poor condition
Originally convict slang meaning infected with lice.since the 1940s
- furphy
- a rumour , or an erroneous or improbable story
From the name of a brand of water cart manufactured by J. Furphy & Sons, which became popular as gathering places where soldiers could exchange gossip, rumours and fanciful tales. from wwi
- in like Flynn
- assured of success in an enterprise
Originally meaning assured of a sexual conquest. Referring to aussie actor Errol Flynn, well‑known for his sexual adventures.
Interestingly, this term has been in use in the USA since the 1940s, but only in the non‑sexual sense.wwii slang