of or relating to Australia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent smaller islands.
Phytogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Australia and Tasmania.
a native or inhabitant of Australia.
an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.
Also called Australian Aboriginal languages. the group of languages of the Aborigines of Australia, consisting of about three hundred languages. Austral, Austral.
a native or inhabitant of Australia
the form of English spoken in Australia
a linguistic phylum consisting of the languages spoken by the native Australians
of, relating to, or characteristic of Australia, the Australians, or their form of English
of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum of languages spoken by the native Australians
of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, New Guinea, and the Moluccas
First recorded in 1690–70 Australian for def. 5; Australi(a) + -an
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Rebel Wilson has been cleared of accusations that she defamed a young Australian actress, a Sydney court has found.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Bell Potter keeps a buy rating on the stock, with an unchanged target price of 110.00 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
On Instagram, Wilson thanked the judge and Australian legal system for a "substantial win today".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ingbretson and her husband, who also competes, were hosted in the Australian state of Tasmania last winter, while her mother put up Canadian and Australian competitors in Hayward for this year's world championships.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Thirdly, mass extinctions akin to the archetypal Australian decimation occurred again and again in the ensuing millennia—whenever people settled another part of the Outer World.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
I'm watching the men's high jump and theres an australian athlete called Brandon Starc.
From Time ● Aug. 15, 2016
Even the australian open website's scoreboard is down.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2010
Cant sleep so im loving the australian open coverage.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2010
For more information visit www.ferrarapan.com As any australian diplomat will admit, managing the bilateral relationship with China is a relentless, high- energy task.
From Time Magazine Archive
Less wary of government than the average American, many Australians find extensive regulatory oversight of those managing a large portion of their future retirement income to be reassuring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A 2024 Vanguard analysis underscored that while most Australians saw superannuation as crucial to their retirement, they were unaware of how much super funds were charging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians died following what media reports said was a night out on the town in Vang Vieng in November that year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
A Briton, two Australians, two Danish citizens and an American died in November 2024 following a night out in Vang Vieng.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In modern times, European farmers thereby replaced western North American Indian hunters, Aboriginal Australians, and the San people of South Africa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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