classical scholar, classicist - a student of ancient Greek and Latin

lexicographer, lexicologist - a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

philologist, philologue - a humanist specializing in classical scholarship

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

Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean

river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"