Arvo

Afternoon

Banana Bender

Resident of Queensland

Barbie

Barbeque

Billabong

A waterhole

Bloke

Man

(have a) Blue

To have an argument

Bogan

White Trash, commoner, also see (yobbo)

Bunyip

A mythical bush spirit animal  that lives in swamps and billabongs

BYO

Bring Your Own (booze)

Cobber

Friend, mate

Cozzie

Bathing Suit

Dag

A silly person, not so cool

Daks

Men’s trousers

Dud

Something that doesn’t work, a failure, also see (Bogan)

Dunny

Toilet. Usually in a little hut separate from the house.

Esky

A cooler box

Fair Dinkum

True, Genuine, honest

Feral

Dirty, disgusting, unpleasant

Gallah

A pink and grey bird. Also a silly person

G’day

Hello

Good onya

Well done, a form of encouragement

Goon

Cheap box wine

Grog

Alcohol

Hoon

Boy Racer, kid in a fast car

Hooroo

Goodbye

Hotel

Pub. Sometimes with accommodation

In a tic

Soon

Jackaroo

A male horseman station ranch hand

Jillaroo

A female horsewoman station ranch hand

Joey

A baby kangaroo

Jumbuck

A sheep

Loo

Toilet

Maccas

MacDonald’s

Mate

A friendly greeting term, usually between men

No worries

Aussie attitude that everything will
be okay

Ocker

Stereotypical Aussie

Outback

Remote parts of Australia

Outhouse

See dunny

Pom

An English Person

Pot

A 285 ml glass of beer in Victoria and Queensland

Prawn

Shrimp

Quicksmart

Quickly, asap

Ranga

A Ginger haired person

Rip off

A bad deal, cheat

Roo

Kangaroo

Sheila

A Female

Schoolies

Recent school leavers that party on the East coast at the end of the school year – usually inebriated

Schooner

A large beer in NSW

(to have a) sook

To winge,whine, complain, sulk

Strewth

Wow, goodness

Stubbie

A device used to keep your bottle of beer cold

Ta

Thankyou

Tea

Could be drinking tea, could be the evening meal. If you are invited to “tea”,it is best to confirm which they are talking about

Thongs

Sandals

Tinny

A can of beer

Ugg boot

Warm fuzzy boots made from sheepskin

Undies

Underpants

Vegemite

Savoury sandwich spread all young Aussies are brought up on. Delicious To locals. Try some.

Westie

Townie, chav, ned, gangsta wannabe (NSW)

Woop woop

A mythical place very far away

Whipper snapper

A young person

Yakka

Hard manual labour

Yobbo

Uncouth person