| Australia | | |
| n. (location) | 1. australia, 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. |
| ~ walkabout | nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine. |
| ~ boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick | a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower. |
| ~ lagerphone | an Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground. |
| ~ swag | a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman. |
| ~ tucker-bag | a bag used for carrying food.; "the swagman filled his tuckerbag" |
| ~ aboriginal australian, australian | the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines. |
| ~ plonk | a cheap wine of inferior quality. |
| ~ british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown. |
| ~ country, land, state | the territory occupied by a nation.; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" |
| ~ australian capital, canberra, capital of australia | the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ northern territory | a territory in north central Australia. |
| ~ norfolk island | an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony. |
| ~ nullarbor plain | a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center. |
| ~ british empire | a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand.; "the sun never sets on the British Empire" |
| ~ 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 Plain. |
| ~ simpson desert | a desert region of central Australia. |
| ~ australia | the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. |
| ~ australian alps | a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range. |
| ~ billabong | a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently. |
| ~ cape york | the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland. |
| ~ cape york peninsula | a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. |
| ~ eyre, lake eyre | a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent. |
| ~ eyre peninsula | a peninsula of southern Australia. |
| ~ great australian bight | a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms. |
| ~ great barrier reef | the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia. |
| ~ eastern highlands, great dividing range | a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia. |
| ~ carpentaria, gulf of carpentaria | a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia. |
| ~ murray river, murray | a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide. |
| ~ murrumbidgee, murrumbidgee river | a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River. |
| ~ namoi, namoi river | a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River. |
| ~ aussie, australian | a native or inhabitant of Australia. |
| ~ pom, pommy | a disparaging term for a British person. |
| ~ mate | informal term for a friend of the same sex. |
| ~ perisher | bounder. |
| ~ returning officer | the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results. |
| ~ sundowner | a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown. |
| ~ swagger, swaggie, swagman | an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work. |
| ~ keith rupert murdoch, murdoch, rupert murdoch | United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931). |
| ~ cercospora kopkei, yellow spot fungus | fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia). |
| ~ gilgai soil | soil in the melon holes of Australia. |
| ~ bonzer | remarkable or wonderful. |
| ~ sealed | having been paved. |
| n. (object) | 2. australia | the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. |
| ~ eastern hemisphere, orient | the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia. |
| ~ southern hemisphere | the hemisphere to the south of the equator. |
| ~ australia, 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. |
| ~ tasmania | an island off the southeastern coast of Australia. |
| ~ australian desert, great australian desert | general name given to all desert areas in Australia. |
| ~ australian alps | a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range. |
| ~ cape york | the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland. |
| ~ cape york peninsula | a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. |
| ~ continent | one of the large landmasses of the earth.; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot" |
| ~ darling river, darling | an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River. |
| ~ eyre, lake eyre | a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent. |
| ~ eyre peninsula | a peninsula of southern Australia. |
| ~ great australian bight | a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms. |
| ~ great barrier reef | the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia. |
| ~ eastern highlands, great dividing range | a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia. |
| ~ carpentaria, gulf of carpentaria | a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia. |
| ~ moreton bay | an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay to the east of Brisbane. |
| ~ murray river, murray | a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide. |
| ~ murrumbidgee, murrumbidgee river | a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River. |
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