Aussielandn.
/ˈɒzɪland/, U.S. /ˈɔsiˌlænd/, /ˈɑsiˌlænd/, Australian English /ˈɔzilænd/, New Zealand English /ˈɒzilɛnd/ Originally Australian.
Australia. Cf. earlier Aussie n. 2 and Oz n.2 1.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia
mainland1829
commonwealth1891
Ma State1906
Oz1908
wide brown land1908
Aussie1915
Aussieland1919
1919 [see Aussielander n. at Derivatives].
1919 Arrow Sydney 9 May 6/3 Writing at Westminster, England, on Feb. 15, Reg Harrison, the Sydney boxer, says: ‘..I am lost to doings in Aussie land.’
1920 N.Z. Free Lance 31 Mar. 22/1 Their success on this side has been continued and phenomenal, and they should make good in Aussie-land.
1922 Freeman's Jrnl. (Sydney) 28 Dec. 25/4 The bulky doctor [sc. W. G. Grace] always insisted upon a thumping big purse for expenses before he made the trip to Aussieland.
1976 Evening Times (Glasgow) 30 Nov. 1/1 (advt.) Last episode of ponderous and badly acted series about life for British family in Aussie-land.
2011 Econ. Times (New Delhi) (Nexis) 1 Jan. England ended a 24 year drought in terms of winning the Ashes in Aussieland.
Derivatives
ˈAussieˌlander n. now rare an Australian.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun]
currency1827
native1848
Australian1880
kangaroo1888
Aussie1915
dinkum1916
Ozzie1918
Aussielander1919
pie eater1953
Strine1964
Oz1976
1919 Western Mail (Perth, Austral.) 24 Jan. 16/3 Tommy Atkins is inclined to play cricket—but bush football for the Aussielander!
1969 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 May 488/4 The O.U.P.'s gone in boots and all and given the dinkum oil about the way the Aussielanders talk.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.1919