WIMBORNE INFANT SCHOOL

(If you want to see more precisely where Gerry lives, click on the map of Victoria. This will open a new window. If you want to see more of Victoria - a large place! - try this - enough links to keep you surfing for hours - if you are that way inclined.)

• Southsea in WW2
• Life at WIS
• Bombs in Southsea
• The sky is bigger in       Australia
• Wombats in the yard
• A friendly koala
• Oz. Glossary
• School without a       classroom
• Finding things
• Highlands morning..
• Joy of living in the
bush..
• Animal Rescue..
• I want to be a
       fireman..
• Take this to heart..
• Bushfire..
• Quick v. fast!!

LIVING HISTORY

Gerry Martin used to attend Wimborne Infant School but has lived for nearly forty years in Australia. By chance he found our site on the Internet. He offered to email us some of his experiences. We think they are fascinating ...and look forward very much to the next episodes.

EPISODE 7 - a handy glossary for your vacation in Australia

Right, now, where were we? Oh yes before we go any further I had better explain the differences between Oz. and English. Australians tend to take the short way out and most of this is slang. Unlike Europe there is very little dialect difference between the states. In Queensland they tend to put "A" on the end of sentences and younger Victorians use "But". Similar to the "you' of Wiltshire."Werst bin then you?".

OZ SLANG

Pom Pommie = English person.
G`day ow ya goin`?= (am./pm.)Hello, are you well.
Cobber=Friend (Not very common.)
Drovers dog= Extremely thin person.
Bin Taken= Devoured by a shark or crocodile.
Boss Cocky=Head person or animal.
Bludger=Doesn`t work hard.
Blue = A mistake. A fight. A person with ginger hair.
Brew= Cup of tea.
Bicky= Biscuit
Bloke = Male
Blowies =Large `orrible flies that lay maggots in flight on any exposed food or abrasions on anything!!!(Bloomin` yuck!!)
Billy = A tin can used to boil water in on an open fire
Bush = Countryside
Barby= Outside cooking device, (He He!! ) Woman's name. (Same thing!)
Cozzie= Bathing suit
Cow cocky = Dairy farmer
Chook = Chicken or wife.
Ol Chook = Wife. Elderly person. Mother in law. Someone who is too precise.
Tinny = Can of beer
Cleaned up = Hit by vehicle
To mark = Castrate rams
Dag = A comical person...........(Censored)
Joks = Underpants
Singlet = Undervest
Pot = Large glass of beer
Schooner = (NSW) Larger glass of beer
Darwin Stubbie = Gi.....gantic bottle of beer
Sheila = Girl, woman
Dork = Studious person
Two up. = A gambling game where two coins are tossed into the air and bets are placed as to they will land odds or evens.( totally illegal game)??

Nice odd things in Oz.

In Melbourne trams still operate main method of travel in the city areas.

In NSW double decker trains.

40-50% of vehicles run on LP gas ( ask teach!)

Some school children that live in very isolated bush areas do their school work over a two way radio network.