aborigine (noun)
a person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times.
cricket (noun)
an open-air game played on a large grass field with ball, bats, and two wickets, between teams of eleven players, the object of the game being to score more runs than the opposition.
wetjala (noun)
A word in the Nyoongah language referring to a "white fellow."
dowak (noun)
An Aboriginal non-returning throw stick.
bloke (noun)
informal British term for a man.
petrol (noun)
a light fuel oil that is obtained by distilling petroleum and used in internal combustion engines; gasoline.
magpie (noun)
a long-tailed crow with boldly marked (or green) plumage and a raucous voice.
rations (noun)
a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
gaol (noun)
a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
snowdropping (noun)
Australian slang for the act of stealing clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
half-caste (noun)
An offensive term for a person whose parents are of different races, in particular, with a European father and an Indian mother.
gnummarri (noun)
tobacco, or similar drugs made from roots found in Australia.
strychnine (noun)
a bitter and highly poisonous compound obtained from nux vomica and related plants. An alkaloid, it has occasionally been used as a stimulant.
black tracker (noun)
An Aboriginal tracker working for the police.
treacle (noun)
a thick, sticky dark syrup made from partly refined sugar; molasses.
emu (noun)
a large flightless fast-running Australian bird resembling the ostrich, with shaggy gray or brown plumage, bare blue skin on the head and neck, and three-toed feet.
quarantine (noun)
a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
scabies (noun)
a contagious skin disease marked by itching and small raised red spots, caused by the itch mite.
corroboree (noun)
an Australian Aboriginal dance ceremony which may take the form of a sacred ritual or an informal gathering.
adage (noun)
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
