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Australian rules football is commonly referred to as "Aussie Rules" throughout Australia, but may also in Victoria and South Australia be loosely called "footy" outside the context of the Australian Football League. Association football was long known as "soccer" in Australia and that naming convention still persists among many Australians.
"A Bushman's Song" (1892) is a poem by Australian poet A. B. Paterson. [1]It was originally published in The Bulletin on 24 December 1892, with the title "Travelling Down the Castlereagh", and subsequently reprinted in a collection of the author's poems, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies.
The expression has been compared to the American English equivalent "no problem". [8] In their book Australian Language & Culture: No Worries!, authors Vanessa Battersby, Paul Smitz and Barry Blake note: "No worries is a popular Australian response akin to 'no problems', 'that's OK' or 'sure thing'." [9]
The Australian National Dictionary: Australian Words and Their Origins is a historical dictionary of Australian English, recording 16,000 words, phrases, and meanings of Australian origin and use. The first edition of the dictionary, edited by W. S. Ramson, was published in 1988 by Oxford University Press ; the second edition was edited by ...
60 Classic Australian Poems is an anthology of poems edited by Australian writer Geoff Page, published by Hardie Grant Books in 2008. [ 1 ] The collection contains 60 poems from a variety of sources, along with a commentary on each from the editor.
Patriotic quotes that celebrate America “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” — Nathan Hale “I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing ...
For most of the 21st century, conversation heart sayings had an annual theme. In 2023, for example, they contained pet-themed phrases like “big dog,” “purr fect,” and “beary cute.”
"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events. It is a variation of the "Oggy Oggy Oggy, oi oi oi" chant used by both soccer and rugby union fans in Great Britain from the 1960s onwards. It is usually performed by a crowd uniting to support a sports team or athlete. The alternate is for an ...