Dunny (colloquial), a lavatory
Fair crack of the whip (colloquial), be reasonable
Grey's is great, advertising slogan of Grey's Tobacco
Peter Lalor, Early hero of Australian resistance, pivotal figure in the Eureka Stockade
turd, dropping
Onkaparinga, well known brand name of pure wool blanket
Leongatha Base, a hospital at Leongatha in south-eastern Victoria
Venus Bay, on the coast of South Australia
crawl, be obsequious
Malvern Star, a popular Australian brand of bicycle
Australian Crawl, a fast swimming stroke developed early this century from a method used by South Sea islanders
Chook, the domestic fowl
Echuca, a town on the River Murray, in Victoria
Kerosene tin, a standardised four-gallon tin in which kerosene (paraffin) was marketed; for long in common use in rural Australia in the construction of primitive huts.
Savile Row, here referring colloquially to a tailored suit; from London's famous street of high class tailors
Yabbie, a small freshwater crayfish
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