Commonwealth of Australia

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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 colonyAustraliawalkabout - nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigineboomerang, throw stick, throwing stick - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to throwerlagerphone - 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 groundswag - a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagmantucker-bag - a bag used for carrying food; "the swagman filled his tuckerbag"Aboriginal Australian, Australian - the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aboriginesplonk - a cheap wine of inferior qualityBritish 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 CrownAustralian capital, Canberra, capital of Australia - the capital of Australia; located in southeastern AustraliaAustralian state - one of the several states constituting AustraliaQueensland - a state in northeastern AustraliaNew South Wales - an Australian state in southeastern AustraliaVictoria - a state in southeastern AustraliaTasmania - an Australian state on the island of TasmaniaSouth Australia - a state in south central AustraliaWestern Australia - a state containing the western third of AustraliaNorthern Territory - a territory in north central AustraliaNorfolk Island - an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colonyNullarbor 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 centerBritish 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 AustraliaGreat Sandy Desert - a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson DesertGreat Victoria Desert - a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor PlainSimpson Desert - a desert region of central AustraliaAustralia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian OceanAustralian Alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Rangebillabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittentlyCape York - the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainlandCape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral SeaEyre, 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 continentEyre Peninsula - a peninsula of southern AustraliaGreat Australian Bight - a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for stormsGreat Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of AustraliaEastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of AustraliaCarpentaria, Gulf of Carpentaria - a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern AustraliaMurray River, Murray - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at AdelaideMurrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River - a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray RiverNamoi, Namoi River - a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling RiverAussie, Australian - a native or inhabitant of Australiapom, pommy - a disparaging term for a British personmate - informal term for a friend of the same sexperisher - bounderreturning officer - the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the resultssundowner - a tramp who habitually arrives at sundownswagger, swaggie, swagman - an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of workKeith Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch - United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931)