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例えば
Macquarie
University には、7月から入学予定の留学生向けに Pre-departure Guide（出発前ガイド） という冊子を配布しています。これにはオーストラリアでの生活から大学についてたくさんのことが記載されており、これからオーストラリアに入国して生活を始める留学生の手引書となっています。
さて、この Pre-departure Guide の中には、初めてオーストラリアに来た留学生が困らないようにと、いわるゆる「オージー英語」（オーストラリア英語）の解説もあります。以下はそれを抜粋しましたので、ご参考にどうぞ。
A
Ace
To successfully achieve or complete, e.g. “You aced that
exam!”
Amberfluid Beer
Ankle biter
Small child, toddler, tyke
B
Banger
A sausage
Beaut
Fine, good, e.g. “A beaut car”
Beg yours Could you please repeat that?
Bloody A word used to add emphasis in signifying approval or disapproval, e.g.
“Bloody hilarious”
Bugger A foul, contemptible or annoying person, e.g. “Stupid bugger”
C
Chill-out
Designed or used for relaxing, e.g. “This is my favourite
chillout record”
Chips
French fries
Chockers
Completely full
Chook
A woman, e.g. “A nice old chook”
Crisps
Potato chips
Cuppa
A cup of tea or coffee
D
Dag
A person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners,
and lacks style and sophistication
Daggy
Possessing the qualities of a dag
Daks
Trousers or shorts
Dill
A stupid person
Dinki-di
True, genuine, honest, e.g. “Dinki-di Aussie”
E
Ear basher
Someone who talks too much
Echo
Someone who reflects or imitates another
El cheapo
Of or relating to that which is cheap.
Esky
Ice chest or cooler
F
Fair dinkum
An expression for genuineness or realness
Footpath
Sidewalk
Footy
Football (includes Australian Rules, rugby and soccer)
Full on
Intense
G
G’day
Common Australian greeting
Good-oh!
An expression of satisfaction
Good on you (Good onya)
An expression of congratulations or approval
Grog
Beer
H
Hairy eyeball
A disdainful or disapproving look
Hooroo
Goodbye
Hoon
A fast reckless driver of a boat or car
I
In good nick
In good shape
Inked
Drunk or intoxicated
J
Jackaroo
A hired hand on a large farm or sheep station
Jiggered
Broken
Jumper
Sweater or jacket
K
Kamikaze
When surfing, a deliberate wipe-out
Kiwi
A New Zealander
L
Later
A common exclamation of farewell, e.g. “Later, dudes!”
Lavish
Extremely good
Lousy
No-good; poor quality
M
Make a quid
To earn a living
Mate
An expression given to someone of close acquaintance, a
friend; common between males, but also used by females
Milk bar
A convenience store
Mozzie
Mosquito
N
Nick off
To leave; to depart
Nicked
Stolen
No worries
A common expression to indicate that everything is all right
O
On ya
An expression of encouragement commonly used in acceptance,
e.g. “Good on ya!”
Oodles
A large quantity; oodles of money
P
Piddling
Very small; insignificant
Piker
One who does not keep his/her word; someone who breaks
his/her promise
Pom
An English person
Q
Quack
Any medical practitioner, not necessarily an inferior one
Quid
Generally refers to money, e.g. “He’s got a lot of quid”
R
Ratbag
A worthless, despicable, unreliable person
Razz
To deride; make fun of; extreme criticism
S
Sanger
A sandwich
Shocker
Something that is distasteful, disliked, terrible
Sickie
To take a day’s leave from work when not really sick
Slab
A case of beer
Spitting chips
To be extremely angry
T
Ta
Thank you
Tomato sauce
Ketchup
Trackie daks
Sweat/track pants
Two-up
A form of coin gambling
U
Unco
Awkward, clumsy
Uni
University
Ute
A utility van or truck
V
Vegemite
A yeast extract used as a spread commonly on sandwiches or
toasts
VB
The name of a popular beer “Victoria Bitter”
W
Wacker
A crazy or funny person
Wanker
A self-indulgent or pretentious person
Whinge
To whine; to complain
Y
Yank
An American
Yobbo
An uncultivated Australian
Yonks
A long time
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