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

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 its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe 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 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

Gibson Desert - a desert area in western Australia

Great Sandy Desert - a desert region in northwestern Australia north of the Gibson Desert

Great Victoria Desert - a desert region in south central Australia 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 Carpenteria 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

Gulf of Carpenteria, Carpenteria - a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia

Murray River, Murray - an 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 English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand

mate - informal term for a friend of the same sex

perisher - bounder

eastern hemisphere, orient - the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia

southern hemisphere - the hemisphere 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 - 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 Carpenteria 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

Gulf of Carpenteria, Carpenteria - a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia

Moreton Bay - an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay east of Brisbane

Murray River, Murray - an 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