Australia
Of state, Australia, British Empire and British Commonwealth. May also be referred to as Commonwealth of Australia.
A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony.
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Australia
- Cape York Peninsula
A peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria...
- Great Dividing Range
A mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia.
- Australian Alps
A range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing...
- Cape York
The northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of...
- Eyre
A shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake...
- Eyre Peninsula
A peninsula of southern Australia.
- Great Australian Bight
A wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for stor...
- Great Barrier Reef
The largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast...
- Gulf of Carpentaria
A wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia.
- Murray
A southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Ade...
- Murrumbidgee
A river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River.
Australian State
- Australian state
One of the several states constituting Australia.
- Queensland
A state in northeastern Australia.
- New South Wales
An Australian state in southeastern Australia.
- Victoria
A state in southeastern Australia.
- Tasmania
An Australian state on the island of Tasmania.
- South Australia
A state in south central Australia.
- Western Australia
A state containing the western third of Australia.
Desert
- Gibson Desert
A desert area in western Australia.
- Great Sandy Desert
A desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert.
- Great Victoria Desert
A desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor ...
- Simpson Desert
A desert region of central Australia.
Great Britain
- plonk
A cheap wine of inferior quality.
- mate
Informal term for a friend of the same sex.
- returning officer
The official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the result...
Also contains
- Australian
The Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines.
- Australian
A native or inhabitant of Australia.
- Northern Territory
A territory in north central Australia.
- boomerang
A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower.
- pommy
A disparaging term for a British person.
- Namoi
A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling Rive...
- swagger
An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels...
- Canberra
The capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia.
- tucker-bag
A bag used for carrying food; "the swagman filled his tuckerbag".
- walkabout
Nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine.
- sundowner
A tramp who habitually arrives at sundown.
- Norfolk Island
An island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia;...
- Nullarbor Plain
A vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian...
- perisher
Bounder.
- gilgai soil
Soil in the melon holes of Australia.
- swag
A bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.
- billabong
A stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently.
- lagerphone
An Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle...
- yellow spot fungus
Fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia).