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1. Aboriginal Australians used this word to call over distances. Today, it is used by people from all walks of life, to call over distances or over the back fence, to say "here I am" or just to gain someone's attention.
2. "She just keeps coming back!", much like the meaning of her first name, which is another name for a boomerang. What's the name?
3. What is the word, adapted by Aborigines from English and now used around the world, which means to go off alone to find yourself?
4. Which of these is a word which originated in the 19th century English midlands, which once meant 'work' and now means 'genuine'?
5. What is the term used for the time when the earth and all living things were created by the 'rainbow serpent'?
6. Which of these refers to an ordinary worker, down on their luck, but never going to give up?
7. Who or what is a boofhead?
8. An American would say 'sidekick'. What word would an Australian use?
9. The meaning for 'dag' or 'daggy' has changed since it was first used in the 19th century. What had it come to mean by the end of the twentieth century?
10. Australians often change the ends of words or names so that they end in O or IE. With that in mind, which of these is a word for "afternoon"?
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