Australia Literature and Language

The main language on Kangaroo Island is English. Kangaroo Island is a popular tourist island off the coast of South Australia, and English is the default language in Australia.

There is no definitive way to say it, however something possibly incorporating an Australian slang word such as "I think you're a beaut sheila/bloke", might come close.

Australians call them "lifts", but the word "elevators" is not unknown.

Ecilops are the police. That's what you see in your mirror when they're behind you.

Wallopers, John Hops, Coppers, Nasties, Narks and for detectives Demons, Dees, Narks.

"bloke" is a man, guy, buddy in Australian and 19 th century English. - In the Royal Navy and Australian Navy "The Bloke" is a warship's captain.

AFL, Australian Football League. Aussie Rules.

The local version of football, played on an oval field with an oval ball and 4 posts at each end for scoring (6 points and 1 point).

The only other game like it is Gaelic football, played in Ireland.

"Aerial Ping Pong" is so called because the ball spends a lot of time in the air after having been kicked by a player or thrown in by an Umpire, with the players jumping up to catch (mark) it, and is usually a derisive term applied to AFL by those states that traditionally play Rugby instead of Aussie Rules.

The expression is not actually "rode on the sheep's back" but "built on the sheep's back".

Australia is often referred to as the country that was built on the sheep's back. That is because the wool industry is one of Australia's earliest industries, and the one that initially propelled Australia into success as a self-sufficient colony, able to trade with England in its own right. Australia's economic success and political development was "built on the sheep's back".

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English is spoken in all of the cities of Australia. Australia's official language is English.

"Back blocks" generally means a region outside of the cities and "civilised" areas. It can mean "the bush", or the country. If someone comes from the "back blocks" it may mean they come from a bush or outback town.

"Back blocks" can also have a derogatory meaning: if someone lives in the "black blocks", they may live in the poorer suburbs where facilities are less desirable.

English was spoken in both countries. It still is.

We speak English in Australia. Jesus is pronounced Jesus as in all English speaking countries.

'arvo' or 'sarvo'
afternoon or this afternoon

The demonym may be Geelongian or Geelongite.

I think we might have borrowed the slang "it sucks" from somebody else.

It is usually interpeted to mean that, "I am unhappy about the situation", or "it is unfair".

Driza-bone is an Australian company that manufactures oilskin clothing such as coats, jackets, pants, bags, and other non-oilskin products such as shirts and t-shirts for rugged outdoor wear.

Australian slang for boy and girl is "bloke" and the less common "sheila".

Mulga Bill's bicycle was written by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson.

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No. Stalin has never been recorded speaking English

Tucker is old Australian slang for food. Food was carried in a tucker bag, as referred to in the national song, Waltzing Matilda. It comes from the early 19th century English slang word tuck which is in mainstream use in Commonwealth countries to describe school canteens as tuck shops and in the expression to tuck in, meaning to start eating.

William and Elizabeth Paterson

Matilda is a play, a movie, a novel ( I would guess this is the literary base camp). It is also the name of a famous Italian Noblewoman who really was a Field Grade Lady Knight! -She was a Contessa. Matilda wore armor, saw battle action- and unlike Joan of Arc, wa favorably received by the clergy- in fact she lies buried in the Vatican one of only a few Women to have this honor! No movie has been done about this Italian Female Knight but it might have been done in the past. Waltzing Matilda is a popular Australian song, that unfortunately tends to glorify crime, it is about a sort of outlaw type who abducts sheep.

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