Australian Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

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“Half a loaf is better than none.”
– Australian Proverb

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“The bigger the hat, the smaller the property.”
– Australian Proverb

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“Don’t blow your own trumpet.”
– Australian Proverb

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“A Platypus is a duck designed by a committee.”
– Australian Saying

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“A bad worker blames his tools.”
– Australian Proverb

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“A fair go for all, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, except for Poms, Seppos (Yanks) and Kiwis.”
– Australian Quote

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“A good conscience is a soft pillow.”
– Australian Proverb

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“Tears are words the heart can’t express.”
– Australian Proverb

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“The clash of ideas brings forth the spark of truth.”
– Australian Proverb

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“The cricket bat is mightier than the pen and the sword combined.”
– Australian Quote

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“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
– Australian Proverb

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“The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence.”
– Australian Proverb

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“There is a thin line between love and hate.”
– Australian Proverb

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“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
– Australian Proverb

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“You might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.”
– Australian Saying

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“Help the poor by not becoming poor.”
– Australian Proverb

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“He who laughs last, laughs longest.”
– Australian Proverb

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“Half a loaf is better than none.”
– Australian Proverb

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“Faint heart never won fair lady.”
– Australian Proverb

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Australian Slang

Australian Quotes

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“Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi”
– Greg Baum.

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“All our best heroes are losers,”
– Richard Glover

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“Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It’ll be the only one trying.”
– Jack Lang

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“A champion team will always beat a team of champions.”
– Collingwood

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“A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.”
– Robert Hughes

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“The most intense hatreds are not between political parties but within them.”
– Phillip Adams

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“I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment.”
– Henry Lawson

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“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.”
– Arthur Calwell

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Australian Sayings

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“Have a good one”

Meaning: Have a nice day.

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“No worries”

Meaning: No problem or you’re welcome.

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“Bloody oath”

Meaning: Declare honesty and truth

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“A few roos loose in the top paddock”

Meaning: Intellectually compromised or incompetent

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“Flat out like a lizard drinking”

Meaning: Extremely busy or working very hard

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“Flaming galah”

Meaning: A fool or idiot

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“Chuck a U-ey”

Meaning: Make a U-turn or reverse course

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“Fair shake of the sauce bottle”

Meaning: An opportunity to have a fair attempt

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“My shout”

Meaning: My turn to pay.

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“Your shout”

Meaning: Your turn to pay.

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“Can’t be bothered”

Meaning: Not in the mood

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“Lower than a snake’s belly”

Meaning: Describing someone with low morals

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“She’ll be apples”

Meaning: It will be alright or OK

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“You little ripper”

Meaning: An express delight

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Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes

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Out Early Australian Convict Sayings and Slang

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“Dog must not steal from dog.”
– Australian Convict Saying

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“His bad”

He cooperates with police and officials
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language

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“His floor’d”

He is so drunk he can not standing
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language

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“His nibb’d”

He is taken into custody
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language

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His boned

taken into custody
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language

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Australian Proverbs & Quotes

Country: Australia
Political Capital: Canberra
Largest City: Sydney
Language: Australian English
Population 24 million

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Famous Australians (currently)

Cate Blanchett – Australian actress and theatre director
Hugh Jackman – Australian actor, singer, and producer, best known for playing Wolverine
Nicole Kidman – Australian actress and producer, has received an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards
Kylie Minogue – Australian-British singer-songwriter
Chris Hemsworth – Australian actor
Liam Hemsworth – Australian actor
Keith Urban – Australian singer-songwriter
Teresa Palmer – Australian actress, writer, model, and film producer

Significant Australians

Fred Hollows – ophthalmologist and philanthropist
Sir Douglas Mawson – geologist, explorer
Matthew Flinders – explorer and navigator who was the first to circumnavigate the continent as well as popularising the name ‘Australia’
Frank Hurley – photographer and adventurer who created pioneering images of Mawson’s Antarctic expedition
Sir John Monash – soldier and engineer
Lord Howard Florey – medical researcher whose work saved millions of lives
Peter Carey – Australian author
Tom Keneally – Australian author
Bruce Beresford – Australian film director
Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn – scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in genetics
Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop – surgeon and war hero
Albert Namatjira – Australian Aboriginal painter
Tom Roberts – Australian painter
Sir Arthur Streeton – Australian painter
Rev. John Flynn – Australian minister who started the flying doctor service
Peter Allen – Australian entertainer, songwriter
Sir Donald Bradman – Australian cricketer, sportsman, businessman
Dame Joan Sutherland – Australian opera singer
Geoffrey Blainey – Australian historian
Manning Clark – Australian historian