Ankle biter - a small or young child.
Arvo - afternoon.
Aussie - an Australian.
Bangers - sausages.
Beano / Beanfeast - a festivity, celebration.
Big smoke - the city.
Billabong - a waterhole.
Billy - a container, usually makeshift, for boiling water or tea
Bloke - a man.
Bluey - a nickname for a red-headed person; a breed of Australian work dog.
Bonza - excellent, attractive, pleasing.
Bottlo - a Bottle shop or Liquor store.
Bush telegraph / bush wire - unofficial communication network by which rumours are spread.
Bushwhacker - one who lives in the bush.
Cakehole - mouth.
Can-do - capable and obliging.
Champers - champagne.
Chinwag - a chat, conversation.
Chook - a chicken.
Cobber - a mate, friend.
Corker - something striking or astonishing; something very good of its kind.
Creepy-crawley - an insect.
Cut up - to cause distress to; to criticise severley.
Dag - a person with little or no dress sense, uncouth.
Dick stickers - mens brief style bathers.
Digger - an Australian soldier, especially one who served in World War I.
Ding - a dent or damaged section of a car, bike, surfboard, etc.
Dinkum / dinki-di - true, honest, genuine.
Down the road - term indicating distance but no particular distance, it could be a few hundred metres but may be a few hundred miles.
Drongo - slow-witted or stupid person.
Dunny - an outside toilet, lavatory.
Earbash - to talk incessantly, someone who talks too much.
Fair dinkum - real, genuine, true.
Few sandwiches short of a picnic - slow witted, not all together.
Footy - rugby league.
Fridge - the refrigerator.
G'day, gidday - a greeting meaning good day.
Gee-whiz - an expression indicating astonishment.
Gnarly - difficult, awkward; terrific, excellent.
Go a meal or drink - could eat a meal or have a drink.
Go for broke - to risk all ones capital.
Greenie - deprecatory term for an environmentalist.
Grog / booze - alcohol. beer, spirits.
Grommet - an idiot; a young surfer
Grouse - very good.
Grub - food.
Hack it - to tolerate something or to keep up.
Hair of the dog - an alcoholic drink taken to relieve a hangover.
Half your luck - an expression often indicating envy of one's goodwill can also be a congratulatory remark or best wishes blessing.
Hard yacka - hard work.
Hassle - to give problems, complications or aggravations.
Homestead - main residence on a sheep or cattle station (ranch or farm).
Hooroo - goodbye.
Joe Blake - snake (rhyming slang).
John - toilet.
Jumbuck - a sheep.
Kick in - contribute money to something.
Knock off - to steal something; a counterfeit product.
Larrikin - a lout, a mischievous young chap.
Loo - toilet.
Mad as a cut snake - crazy.
Mate - usually a friend or acquaintance but anyone can be a mate.
Middy - a middle-sized (285ml) glass of beer.
Mug - a fool, one easily duped.
Noah / noah's ark - a shark (rhyming slang).
Ocker - the uncultivated Australian workingman; boorish, uncouth.
Ol' cheese - mother.
Ol' man - father.
Oldies - parents.
On ya mate - usually means well done but often used sarcastically.
Oz - Australia.
Piker - someone who doesn't want to do something especially within a group.
Plonk - any alcoholic liquor, especially cheap wine.
Pollie / polly - a politician.
Pommie / Pom - English person (usually whinging pom).
Prawn - a shrimp.
Pub - a hotel, short for public house. Usually taken to mean the bar or drinking area in a hotel.
Rag - a newspaper.
Ratbag - rascal, rogue.
Ripper / rip snorter - great, terrific.
Roo - short for kangaroo.
Sandshoes - casual footwear, joggers.
Sanga - a sandwich or sausage.
Schooner - a large-sized (425ml) glass of beer.
Scrub up - dress up.
Seppo / Septic tank - an American (rhyming slang for yank).
Servo - a petrol / service / gas station.
Sheila - girl, woman.
She'll be apples - all is well (rhyming slang).
Shout - buy or pay for; a round of drinks in the pub.
Slab - a carton of 24 beer cans.
Spit the dummy - get very upset about something.
Sport - used as a term of address usually between males like mate.
Stickybeak - to pry or meddle; one who pries or meddles.
Struth - an exclamation expressing surprise or verification.
Stubby - a small bottle of beer.
Sunnies - a pair of sunglasses.
Swag - a large number or unspecified number.
Ta / tar - thanks.
Tee up - to organise something.
Thingy / thingo / thingummyjig - any thing that doesn't have a precise name.
Tinnie - a can of beer.
True blue - genuine.
Tucker - food.
Up a gum tree - in difficulties, stranded.
Ute - small truck, short for utility truck.
VB - Victoria Bitter, a beer.
Walkabout - a period of wandering, usually in reference to Aborigines.
Wally - someone who keeps making mistakes.
Waxxy / wax head - a surfer.
Westie - someone from Sydney's western suburbs, often used derogatorily to mean uneducated and/or uncultured. Also someone who acts like a westie.
What-da-ya-know - an expression of surprise; a friendly phrase used to open a conversation.
Wombat - a simple minded person.
XXXX - a Queensland beer brand (pronounced four ex).
Yarn - a story.
Yobbo - loutish, surly youth.
Yonks - a long period of time.
