These words of Australian Aboriginal origin include some which are almost universal in the English-speaking world, such as kangaroo and boomerang. Many such words have also become loan words in other languages beyond English, while some are restricted to Australian English.
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[edit] Flora and fauna
[edit] Environment
- billabong
- bombora (rapids–often used to describe offshore reef breaks)
- boondie (a rock; Noongar, W.A.)
- gibber (a boulder)
- gilgai
- min-min lights (ground-level lights of uncertain origin sometimes seen in remote rural Australia)
- pindari (high ground)
- willy willy (dust devil)
- boondocks mountain
[edit] Aboriginal culture
[edit] Describing words
- Koori - Aboriginal people from Victoria and New South Wales
- cooee
- Murri - Aboriginal people from Queensland
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- Nungga - Aboriginal people from South Australia
- Noongar - Aboriginal people from southern Western Australia
- yabber - to talk
- yakka - work
- yarndi - marijuana
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[edit] Place names
- Kylie (Noongar word for "throwing stick")
- Narelle (possibly a back-formation of Sydney suburb Narellan)
[edit] Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin
