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The Australian language / Sidney J. Baker
Baker, Sidney J. (Sidney John), 1912-1976;
Edition: 2nd ed., 1966.
Imprint: Sydney : Currawong, 1966.
Collation: 517 p., hbk, 25 cm
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Non-Fiction Main Library 428 BAK Available
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The memoirs of James Hardy Vaux : including his vocabulary of the Flash language / edited and with an introduction and notes by Noel McLachlan.
Vaux, James Hardy, 1782-1841; McLachlan, Noel, 1927-;
Imprint: Heinemann, 1964.
Collation: lxxxii, 315 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 24 cm.
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Non-Fiction Stacks 920 VAU Available
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On the coast : maritime industry life and language / Vin Darroch ; drawings: Jan Chivers ; cartoons: Paul Tonti-Filippini.
Darroch, Vin, 1930-1984.; Chivers, Jan.;
Imprint: Melbourne : Lothian, c1984.
Collation: xii, 160 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
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Non-Fiction Main Library 427 DAR Available
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A dictionary of Australian words and terms [electronic resource] / Gilbert H. Lawson.
Direct Hosiery Company; Lawson, Gilbert H.;
Imprint: Balmain, N.S.W. : Direct Hosiery Co., [1924].
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Electronic Resources Library Computers Folder: Language Available
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Lily on the dustbin : slang of Australian women and families / Nancy Keesing ; drawings by Victoria Roberts.
Keesing, Nancy, 1923-1993.; Roberts, Victoria, 1957-;
Imprint: Penguin Books, 1982.
Collation: 188 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Main Library 427 KEE Available
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Australian accent / John Douglas Pringle ; drawings by George Molnar.
Pringle, John Douglas, 1912-1999.; Molnar, George, 1910-1998.;
Imprint: London : Chatto and Windus, 1961
Collation: 204 p. : ill., hardback ; 23 cm.
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Non-Fiction Main Library 919.403 PRI Available
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Cheerio Tom, Dick and Harry : despatches from the hospice of fading words / Ruth Wajnryb.
Wajnryb, Ruth, 1948-;
Imprint: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2007.
Collation: xv, 264 p., paperback ; 20 cm.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Stacks 428 WAJ Available
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Australian National Dictionary Centre: Oz Words
Collation: Periodicals in box.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Periodicals Main Library P 427 DIC Available Not for loan
Electronic Resources Library Computers Periodical Folder Available Held electronically from 2023
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Learn to talk old Jack Lang : a handbook of Australian rhyming slang / John Meredith ; [drawings by George Sprod].
Meredith, John, 1920-2001.; Sprod, George, 1919-.;
Imprint: Kenthurst [N.S.W.] : Kangaroo Press, 1984.
Collation: 63 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
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Non-Fiction Main Library 427 MER Available
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The Penguin book of Australian slang : a dinkum guide to Oz English / Lenie 'Midge' Johansen ; foreword by Phillip Adams, illustrated by Ken Maynard.
Johansen, Lenie, 1950-; Johansen, Lenie, 1950-. Dinkum dictionary.;
Edition: [New ed.], 1996, c1988.
Imprint: Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin, 1996, c1988.
Collation: xvi, 536 p. : ill., pbk, ; 20 cm.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Stacks 427 JOH Available
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A popular dictionary of Australian slang / by Sidney J. Baker.
Baker, Sidney J. (Sidney John), 1912-1976;
Edition: 3rd ed., revised and extended to include modern wa, [1943]
Imprint: Robertson & Mullens, [1943]
Collation: 91 p. ; pbk, 19 cm.
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Non-Fiction Stacks 427 BAK Available
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The drum : Australian character and slang.
Baker, Sidney J. (Sidney John), 1912-1976;
Imprint: Currawong, 1959.
Collation: 158 p. ; hbk, 21 cm.
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Non-Fiction Stacks 427 BAK DRU Available
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What's their story? : a history of Australian words / Bruce Moore.
Moore, Bruce, 1947-;
Imprint: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Collation: viii, 216 p. : notes, bib., index, pbk ; 20 cm.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Stacks 427 MOO Available
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Strine : 'Let stalk strine' and 'nose tone unturned' / Afferbeck Lauder ; illustrated by Al Terego.
Lauder, Afferbeck.;
Imprint: Sydney : Ure Smith, 1985.
Collation: 111 p. : ill., hbk ; 22 cm.
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Non-Fiction Stacks 427 LAU Available
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The dinkum dictionary of Aussie English / illustrated by Dennis Miller.
Miller, Dennis;
Edition: New ed., 1991.
Imprint: Castle Hill, N.S.W. : Peter Antill-Rose & Associates, 1991.
Collation: [70 p.] : ill., hbk ; 23 cm.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Main Library 427 DIN Available
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The Australian dictionary of insults and vulgarities / compiled by Blind Freddy ; illustrated by Dennis Miller.
Blind Freddy; Miller, Dennis;
Imprint: Castle Hill, N.S.W. : Peter Antill-Rose and Associates, 1988.
Collation: [146] p. : ill., pbk, ; 22 cm.
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Non-Fiction Stacks 427 BLI Available
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A dictionary of Australian colloquialisms / G.A. Wilkes.
Wilkes, G. A. (Gerald Alfred), 1927-;
Imprint: [Sydney] : Sydney University Press, 1978.
Collation: xii, 370 p. : hbk ; 23 cm.
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Non-Fiction Main Library 427 WIL Available
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Come in spinner : a history of two-up and its language / Bruce Moore
Imprint: South Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2022.
Collation: xii, 206 pages : paperback ; 22 cm
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Non-Fiction Main Library 795 TWO MOR Available
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How M'Dougall topped the score and other verses and sketches / Thos. E. Spencer.
Spencer, Thomas E.(Thomas Edward),1845-1911.;
Edition: New ed., 1980.
Imprint: Windsor, Vic. : Currey O'Neil, 1980.
Collation: 293 p. : ill., port., paperback ; 18 cm.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Poetry Stacks 820 SPE Available
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Dinkum oil : meanings and origins of things Aussies and Kiwis say / drawings by Patrick Cook.
Cook, Patrick, 1949-;
Imprint: Surry Hills, NSW : Readers' Digest Services, 1979.
Collation: 64 pages : illustrations, paperback ; 17 cm.
Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Stacks 423 DIC REA Available
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