Australia, an awesome place to be!
What is it that makes Aussies unique? Is it our unique version of English littered with Australian slang? Or is it what we eat and drink? Australia is definitely a very unique place!
Whilst international students will get a chance to experience our culture and learn some Australian English with phrases like fair dinkum, g’day and good onya mate, at QUT you will have the opportunity to learn about Australia and study Uniquely Australian based courses such as the following:
- HHB106 – Australian Society and Culture
- HHB108 – Australian Society and Culture for International Students
- HHB109 – Australian Historical Studies
- HHB112 – Australian Politics
- HHB237 – Brisbane in the Twentieth Century
- HHB249 – Social Movements in Australia
- HHB250 – Australian Geographical Studies
- HHB275 – Human Rights: Australian Activism
- HHB123 – Indigenous Australian Culture Studies
- HHB210 – Indigenous Australia: Country, Kin and Culture
Guide to Aussie Slang
G'Day, Gidday: hello!; Arvo: afternoon; Aussie (pron. Ozzie): Australian; Banana bender: a person from Queensland; Barbie: barbecue; Beaut, beauty: great, fantastic; Bloke: man, guy; Bludger: lazy person, layabout, somebody who always relies on other people to do things; Bob’s your uncle: It will be alright; Bodgy: of inferior quality; Bonzer: great, ripper; Bush: the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn't in town; Chokkie: chocolate; Cockroach: a person from New South Wales; Cobber: friend; Coldie; a beer; Cozzie: swimming costume; Crook: sick or badly made; Dag: a funny person, nerd, goof; Daks: trousers; Dinkum, fair dinkum: true, real, genuine; Dob (somebody) in: inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale; Drongo: a dope, stupid person; spit the Dummy: get very upset at something; Dunny: outside lavatory, or toilet; Earbashing: nagging, non-stop chatter; Esky: large insulated food/drink container for picnics, barbecues; Fair dinkum: true, genuine; Footy: Australian Rules football; Fruit loop: fool; Give it a burl: try it, have a go; Good oil: useful information, a good idea, the truth; Good on you: good for you, well done; Grog: liquor, beer; Heaps: a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps; Hoon: hooligan; Hooroo: goodbye; Jumbuck: sheep; Knock: to criticise; Larrikin: a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster; Lippy: lipstick; Lollies: sweets, candy; Loo: toilet; Mate: buddy, friend; Mob: family or group of people, not necessarily troublesome; Mongrel: despicable person; Mozzie: mosquito; Mug: friendly insult, gullible person; Nipper: young surf lifesaver; Not the full quid: not bright intellectually; Nuddy, in the: naked; Ocker: an unsophisticated person; Piker: Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early; Plonk: cheap wine; Port: suitcase; Pot: 285 ml beer glass in Queensland; Pozzy: position – get a good pozzy at the stadium; Prezzy: present, gift; make a Quid: earn a living; not the full Quid: of low IQ; Rage: party; Rapt: pleased, delighted; Raw prawn, to come the: to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable; Reckon!: you bet! Absolutely!; Rellie: family relative; Ripper: great, fantastic; Roo: kangaroo; Ropeable: very angry; Rotten: drunk; Rubbish: to criticize; Sanger: a sandwich; Scratchy: instant lottery ticket; Servo: petrol station; Sheila: a woman; Shout: turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout"); She'll be right: it'll turn out okay; Sickie: day off sick from work (chuck a sickie take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy!); Slab: a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer; Smoko: smoke or coffee break; Sook: person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive; Spit the dummy: get very upset at something; Snag: a sausage; Sprung: caught doing something wrong; Stickybeak: nosy person; I feel Stuffed: I'm tired; Strewth: exclamation, mild oath; Stubby: a beer bottle; Sunbake: sunbathe; Sunnies: sunglasses; Surfies: people who go surfing - usually more often than they go to work!; Tall poppies: successful people; Ta muchly: thank you very much; Tee-up: to set up an appointment; Thingo: Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit; Thongs: cheap rubber backless sandals; Throne or, on the Throne: toilet or, on the toilet; Togs: swim suit; Too right! Definitely; Top End: far north of Australia; True blue: patriotic; Tucker: food; Uni: university; Up oneself: have a high opinion of oneself; Veg out: relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable); Waggin' school: playing truant; Whacko: You beauty! (an exclamation); Whinge: complain; Wobbly: excitable behaviour; Wog: flu or trivial illness; Yabber: talk a lot; Yakka: work; Yobbo: an uncouth person; Youse: you