(Australia) A lake formed from artesian water brought up from below the ground via a bore.
(Australia) A lake formed from artesian water brought up from below the ground via a bore.
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Aussie and Kiwi vocabulary — bogan, daggy, brekkie, sheila, bach, jandals — the whole Antipodean lexicon, including outback dialect, surf and beach culture, and Sydney/Melbourne street slang.
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(AU) A sacred patch of land where a bora is carried out.
A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand.
(AU) A natural watering hole in the rock; a gnamma.
(Australia) A type of undersea hole or spring on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, out of which emanates fresh water that has flowed underground from the land.
An Australian term for a shallow seasonal watercourse — a low-lying channel that carries water only after rain and dries to a dusty groove in summer. Part of the rich vocabulary of Australian landscape description borrowed from Aboriginal languages. Also familiar as the basis of the Victorian coastal city's name (Warrnambool), adding geographic resonance to an already evocative word.