2008-2009 migrant statistic
Settlers at Australia
South East Asia
Brunei 40
Burma(Myanmar) 2181
Cambodia 821
East Timor 25
Indonesia 1686
Laos 78
Malaysia 3324
Philippines 5942
Singapore 1454
Thailand 2559
Vietnam 2898
Northeast Asia
China 15803
Hong Kong 887
Japan 772
Korea 2805
Macau 20
Mongolia 29
Taiwan 661
Southern Asia
Bangladesh 1505
Bhutan 575
India 17283
Maldives 11
Nepal 813
Pakistan 1635
Sri langka 4078
South Africa 7201
Settlers at NSW
South East Asia
Brunei 9
Burma(Myanmar) 365
Cambodia 282
East Timor 3
Indonesia 668
Laos 33
Malaysia 493
Philippines 2199
Singapore 236
Thailand 693
Vietnam 1090
Northeast Asia
China 6744
Hong Kong 355
Japan 184
Korea 1308
Macau 10
Mongolia 11
Taiwan 182
Southern Asia
Bangladesh 836
Bhutan 172
India 5547
Maldives -
Nepal 461
Pakistan 739
Sri langka 929
Southern and East Africa 2317
Settlers at victoria
South East Asia
Brunei 4
Burma(Myanmar) 791
Cambodia 319
East Timor 10
Indonesia 378
Laos 16
Malaysia 1214
Philippines 1607
Singapore 377
Thailand 626
Vietnam 1057
Northeast Asia
China 5919
Hong Kong 251
Japan 129
Korea 503
Macau 9
Mongolia 5
Taiwan 141
Southern Asia
Bangladesh 291
Bhutan 40
India 6191
Maldives 1
Nepal 100
Pakistan 505
Sri langka 2081
Southern and East Africa 1944
Settlers at Queensland
Brunei 8
Burma(Myanmar) 310
Cambodia 83
East Timor 6
Indonesia 165
Laos 17
Malaysia 418
Philippines 1083
Singapore 189
Thailand 480
Vietnam 301
Northeast Asia
China 1172
Hong Kong 159
Japan 310
Korea 588
Macau 1
Mongolia 3
Taiwan 248
Southern Asia
Bangladesh 104
Bhutan 63
India 1627
Maldives 2
Nepal 90
Pakistan 138
Sri langka 387
Southern and East Africa 2804
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
2008-2009 migrant statistic
Settlers at NSW
Malaysian: 493
Singapore :236
China: 6744
Hong Kong: 355
Japan:184
Korea :1308
Taiwan : 182
Settlers at victoria
Malaysian :1214
Singaporean : 1607
China: 5919
Hong kong :251
Japan :129
Korea:503
Taiwan:141
Settlers at Queensland
Malaysia : 418
Singapore :189
China: 1172
Hong Kong: 159
Japan : 310
Korea : 588
Taiwan: 248
Malaysian: 493
Singapore :236
China: 6744
Hong Kong: 355
Japan:184
Korea :1308
Taiwan : 182
Settlers at victoria
Malaysian :1214
Singaporean : 1607
China: 5919
Hong kong :251
Japan :129
Korea:503
Taiwan:141
Settlers at Queensland
Malaysia : 418
Singapore :189
China: 1172
Hong Kong: 159
Japan : 310
Korea : 588
Taiwan: 248
Thursday, July 15, 2010
A to Z of Oz Slang -FWD email
A to Z of Aussie Slang
A
Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football
Amber fluid : beer
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter : small child
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand
B
Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizzo : business (”mind your own bizzo”)
Bloke : man, guy
Blowie : blow fly
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to
do things or lend him things
Blue : fight (”he was having a blue with his wife”)
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days
slacking and drinking beer
Bonzer : great, ripper
Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board
Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Brekkie : breakfast
Brick shit house, built like a : big strong bloke
Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you’re swimming!)
Buck’s night : stag party
Budgie smugglers : men’s bathing costume
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telly : campfire
Bushman’s hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the
outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia
C
Cactus : dead, not functioning (”this bloody washing machine is cactus”)
Cane toad : a person from Queensland
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Chook : a chicken
Chrissie : Christmas
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you’re perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
Clacker : anus
Clayton’s : fake, substitute
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer
Cockie : cockroach
Cockroach : a person from New South Wales
Coldie : a beer
Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident
Compo : Workers’ Compensation pay
Cooee, within : nearby
Cook : One’s wife
Corker : something excellent
Cozzie : swimming costume
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin
Crook : sick, or badly made
Crow eater : a person from South Australia
Cut lunch : sandwiches
D
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and water
Date : arse[hole] (”get off your fat date”)
Dead horse : Tomato sauce
Deadset : true, the truth
Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person
Digger : a soldier
Dill : an idiot
Dingo’s breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast)
Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine
Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine
Dipstick : a loser, idiot
Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals.
Dog : unattractive woman
Dog’s eye : meat pie
Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified
Donger : penis
Doodle : penis
Drink with the flies : to drink alone
Drongo : a dope, stupid person
Drum : information, tip-off
Duffer, cattle : rustler
Dunny : outside lavatory
Durry : tobacco, cigarette
E
Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.
Exy : expensive
F
Fair go : a chance
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy
Feral : a hippie
Figjam : Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Fisho : fishmonger
Flake : shark’s flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)
Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her
Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying
it.
Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway.
Franger : condom
Freckle : anus
Fruit loop : fool
Full : drunk
G
G’Day : hello!
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth
Grog : liquor, beer (”bring your own grog, you bludger”)
H
Handle : beer glass with a handle
Hoon : hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye
Hotel : often just a pub
Hottie : hot water bottle
I
Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop
J
Joey : baby kangaroo
Jug : electric kettle
Jumbuck : sheep
K
Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie
Kero : kerosene
Kindie : kindergarten
Knock : to criticise
Knock back : refusal
Knocker : somebody who criticises
L
Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner
Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster
Liquid laugh : vomit
Longneck : 750ml bottle of beer in South Australia
Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?
Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket
M
Mackers : McDonald’s
Manchester : Household linen, eg sheets etc.
Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania – a woman’s pubic area
Mate : buddy, friend
Matilda : swagman’s bedding, sleeping roll
Metho : methylated spirits
Mexican : a person from south of the Queensland or New South Wales border
Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food
Mongrel : despicable person
Moolah : money
Mozzie : mosquito
Mull : grass (the kind you smoke)
Muster : round up sheep or cattle
Mystery bag : a sausage
N
Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service)
Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia
Nipper : young surf lifesaver
No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance
Not the full quid : not bright intellectually
Nuddy, in the : naked
Nut out : hammer out or work out (an agreement)
O
Ocker : an unsophisticated person
Offsider : an assistant, helper
Oldies : parents
Op shop : opportunity shop, thrift store, place where second hand goods are
sold.
P
Pash : a long passionate kiss; hence “pashing on”
Pig’s arse! : I don’t agree with you
Piker : Someone who doesn’t want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties
early
Pink slip, get the : get fired (from the colour of the termination form)
Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food.
It doesn’t mean they’re short of crockery!
Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines
Pommy bastard : an Englishman
Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower
Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria
Prezzy : present, gift
Q
Quid, make a : earn a living
R
Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here!
Rage : party
Rapt : pleased, delighted
Rellie or relo : family relative
Ridgy-didge : original, genuine
Roadie : a beer you buy to take away with you
Root : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: “I feel rooted”; “this washing
machine is rooted”; “(s)he’s a good root”. A very useful word in fairly polite
company.
Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex.
Rort : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.).
S
Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away
Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia
Sanger : a sandwich
Schooner : large beer glass in Queensland; medium beer glass in South Australia
Scratchy : instant lottery ticket
Screamer : party lover; “two pot screamer” – somebody who gets drunk on very
little alcohol
Seppo : an American
Servo : petrol station
Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing
Sheepshagger : A New Zealander
Sheila : a woman
Skite : boast, brag
Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer
Smoko : smoke or coffee break
Sook : person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive.
Spewin’ : very angry
Spiffy, pretty spiffy : great, excellent
Spit the dummy : get very upset at something
Spruiker : man who stands outside a nightclub or restaurant trying to persuade
people to enter
Spunk : a good looking person
Stickybeak : nosy person
Stoked : very pleased
Strewth : exclamation, mild oath
Strides : trousers
Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle
Sunnies : sunglasses
Swag : rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman
Swagman : tramp, hobo
T
Tall poppies : successful people
Taswegian : derogatory term for a person from Tasmania
Tee-up : to set up
Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals
Throw-down : small bottle of beer which you can throw down quickly.
Tinny : can of beer
Togs : swim suit
Tucker : food
Turps, hit the : go on a drinking binge
Two up : gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously
U
Unit : flat, apartment
Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck
V
Vedgies : vegetables
Vee dub : Volkswagen
Veg out : relax in front of the TV
Vejjo : vegetarian
Waggin’ school : playing truant
Walkabout, it’s gone : it’s lost, can’t be found
Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have
little patience; a dickhead
Whinge : complain
White pointers : topless (female) sunbathers
Wog : flu or trivial illness
Wog : person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the
UK and perhaps elsewhere.
Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Y
Yabber : talk (a lot)
Yakka : work
Z
Zack : sixpence (5 cents)
A
Ace! : Excellent! Very good!
Aerial pingpong : Australian Rules football
Amber fluid : beer
Ambo : ambulance, ambulance driver
Ankle biter : small child
Arvo : afternoon
Aussie salute : brushing away flies with the hand
B
Back of Bourke : a very long way away
Banana bender : a person from Queensland
Barbie : barbecue (noun)
Beaut, beauty : great, fantastic
Billy : teapot. Container for boiling water
Bingle : motor vehicle accident
Bities : biting insects
Bitzer : mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizzo : business (”mind your own bizzo”)
Bloke : man, guy
Blowie : blow fly
Bludger : lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to
do things or lend him things
Blue : fight (”he was having a blue with his wife”)
Bodgy : of inferior quality
Bogan : person who takes little pride in his appearance, spends his days
slacking and drinking beer
Bonzer : great, ripper
Boogie board : a hybrid, half-sized surf board
Booze bus : police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers
Boozer : a pub
Bottle shop : liquor shop
Brekkie : breakfast
Brick shit house, built like a : big strong bloke
Brisvegas : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brizzie : Brisbane, state capital of Queensland
Brown-eyed mullet : a turd in the sea (where you’re swimming!)
Buck’s night : stag party
Budgie smugglers : men’s bathing costume
Bush oyster : nasal mucus
Bush telly : campfire
Bushman’s hanky : Emitting nasal mucus by placing one index finger on the
outside of the nose (thus blocking one nostril) and blowing.
Butcher : small glass of beer in South Australia
C
Cactus : dead, not functioning (”this bloody washing machine is cactus”)
Cane toad : a person from Queensland
Cark it : to die, cease functioning
Chook : a chicken
Chrissie : Christmas
Chuck a sickie : take the day off sick from work when you’re perfectly healthy
Chunder : vomit
Clacker : anus
Clayton’s : fake, substitute
Clucky : feeling broody or maternal
Coathanger : Sydney Harbour bridge
Cobber : friend
Cockie : farmer
Cockie : cockroach
Cockroach : a person from New South Wales
Coldie : a beer
Come a gutser : make a bad mistake, have an accident
Compo : Workers’ Compensation pay
Cooee, within : nearby
Cook : One’s wife
Corker : something excellent
Cozzie : swimming costume
Crack a fat : get an erection
Crack onto (someone) : to hit on someone, pursue someone romantically
Cranky : in a bad mood, angry
Cream (verb) : defeat by a large margin
Crook : sick, or badly made
Crow eater : a person from South Australia
Cut lunch : sandwiches
D
Dag : a funny person, nerd, goof
Daks : trousers
Damper : bread made from flour and water
Date : arse[hole] (”get off your fat date”)
Dead horse : Tomato sauce
Deadset : true, the truth
Dero : tramp, hobo, homeless person
Digger : a soldier
Dill : an idiot
Dingo’s breakfast : a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast)
Dinkum, fair dinkum : true, real, genuine
Dinky-di : the real thing, genuine
Dipstick : a loser, idiot
Divvy van : Police vehicle used for transporting criminals.
Dog : unattractive woman
Dog’s eye : meat pie
Dole bludger : somebody on social assistance when unjustified
Donger : penis
Doodle : penis
Drink with the flies : to drink alone
Drongo : a dope, stupid person
Drum : information, tip-off
Duffer, cattle : rustler
Dunny : outside lavatory
Durry : tobacco, cigarette
E
Esky : large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues etc.
Exy : expensive
F
Fair go : a chance
Fairy floss : candy floss, cotton candy
Feral : a hippie
Figjam : Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves.
Fisho : fishmonger
Flake : shark’s flesh (sold in fish & chips shops)
Flick : to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her
Flick it on : to sell something, usually for a quick profit, soon after buying
it.
Fly wire : gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway.
Franger : condom
Freckle : anus
Fruit loop : fool
Full : drunk
G
G’Day : hello!
Give it a burl : try it, have a go
Gobful, give a : to abuse, usually justifiably
Good oil : useful information, a good idea, the truth
Grog : liquor, beer (”bring your own grog, you bludger”)
H
Handle : beer glass with a handle
Hoon : hooligan
Hooroo : goodbye
Hotel : often just a pub
Hottie : hot water bottle
I
Icy pole, ice block : popsicle, lollypop
J
Joey : baby kangaroo
Jug : electric kettle
Jumbuck : sheep
K
Kelpie : Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie
Kero : kerosene
Kindie : kindergarten
Knock : to criticise
Knock back : refusal
Knocker : somebody who criticises
L
Lair it up : to behave in a brash and vulgar manner
Larrikin : a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster
Liquid laugh : vomit
Longneck : 750ml bottle of beer in South Australia
Lunch, who opened their? : OK, who farted?
Lurk : illegal or underhanded racket
M
Mackers : McDonald’s
Manchester : Household linen, eg sheets etc.
Mappa Tassie : map of Tasmania – a woman’s pubic area
Mate : buddy, friend
Matilda : swagman’s bedding, sleeping roll
Metho : methylated spirits
Mexican : a person from south of the Queensland or New South Wales border
Milk bar : corner shop that sells takeaway food
Mongrel : despicable person
Moolah : money
Mozzie : mosquito
Mull : grass (the kind you smoke)
Muster : round up sheep or cattle
Mystery bag : a sausage
N
Nasho : National Service (compulsory military service)
Never Never : the Outback, centre of Australia
Nipper : young surf lifesaver
No worries! : Expression of forgiveness or reassurance
Not the full quid : not bright intellectually
Nuddy, in the : naked
Nut out : hammer out or work out (an agreement)
O
Ocker : an unsophisticated person
Offsider : an assistant, helper
Oldies : parents
Op shop : opportunity shop, thrift store, place where second hand goods are
sold.
P
Pash : a long passionate kiss; hence “pashing on”
Pig’s arse! : I don’t agree with you
Piker : Someone who doesn’t want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties
early
Pink slip, get the : get fired (from the colour of the termination form)
Plate, bring a : Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food.
It doesn’t mean they’re short of crockery!
Pokies : poker machines, fruit machines, gambling slot machines
Pommy bastard : an Englishman
Pommy shower : using deodorant instead of taking a shower
Pot : 285 ml beer glass in Queensland and Victoria
Prezzy : present, gift
Q
Quid, make a : earn a living
R
Rack off : push off! get lost! get out of here!
Rage : party
Rapt : pleased, delighted
Rellie or relo : family relative
Ridgy-didge : original, genuine
Roadie : a beer you buy to take away with you
Root : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: “I feel rooted”; “this washing
machine is rooted”; “(s)he’s a good root”. A very useful word in fairly polite
company.
Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex.
Rort : Cheating, fiddling, defrauding (expenses, the system etc.).
S
Salute, Aussie : brushing flies away
Sandgroper : a person from Western Australia
Sanger : a sandwich
Schooner : large beer glass in Queensland; medium beer glass in South Australia
Scratchy : instant lottery ticket
Screamer : party lover; “two pot screamer” – somebody who gets drunk on very
little alcohol
Seppo : an American
Servo : petrol station
Shark biscuit : somebody new to surfing
Sheepshagger : A New Zealander
Sheila : a woman
Skite : boast, brag
Slab : a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer
Smoko : smoke or coffee break
Sook : person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive.
Spewin’ : very angry
Spiffy, pretty spiffy : great, excellent
Spit the dummy : get very upset at something
Spruiker : man who stands outside a nightclub or restaurant trying to persuade
people to enter
Spunk : a good looking person
Stickybeak : nosy person
Stoked : very pleased
Strewth : exclamation, mild oath
Strides : trousers
Stubby : a 375ml. beer bottle
Sunnies : sunglasses
Swag : rolled up bedding etc. carried by a swagman
Swagman : tramp, hobo
T
Tall poppies : successful people
Taswegian : derogatory term for a person from Tasmania
Tee-up : to set up
Thongs : cheap rubber backless sandals
Throw-down : small bottle of beer which you can throw down quickly.
Tinny : can of beer
Togs : swim suit
Tucker : food
Turps, hit the : go on a drinking binge
Two up : gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously
U
Unit : flat, apartment
Ute : utility vehicle, pickup truck
V
Vedgies : vegetables
Vee dub : Volkswagen
Veg out : relax in front of the TV
Vejjo : vegetarian
Waggin’ school : playing truant
Walkabout, it’s gone : it’s lost, can’t be found
Whacker, whacka : Idiot; somebody who talks drivel; somebody with whom you have
little patience; a dickhead
Whinge : complain
White pointers : topless (female) sunbathers
Wog : flu or trivial illness
Wog : person of Mediterranean origin. A milder insult than the same word in the
UK and perhaps elsewhere.
Wowser : straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
Y
Yabber : talk (a lot)
Yakka : work
Z
Zack : sixpence (5 cents)
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