| 'G' |
| Galah |
A
fool; a loud; also a native Australian parrot |
| Game
as a pebble |
Highly
courageous |
| Game
as a piss ant |
Highly
courageous |
| Game
as Ned Kelly |
Highly
courageous |
| Gander
-to- |
To
have a look or peek at something eg "Take a gander at that" |
| Garbo |
A
garbage collector |
| Gasbag
-to- |
To
talk a lot |
| Gastro |
The
sickness known as gastroenteritis |
| Gay |
A
trickster's victim |
| G'day
mate |
Pleased
to make your acquaintance |
| Geebung |
An old
settler |
| Get
down on |
To
steal; to souvenir something |
| Get on
someone's works |
To
annoy; to infuriate a person |
| Get
someone set |
To
have a grudge against a person; to prepare to pay someone out |
| Get
stuck into |
To
abuse someone verbally; to fight; to tackle a task energetically |
Get the run |
To be dismissed from a job |
Get the spear |
To be dismissed from a job |
| Get
tonked |
To be
struck or beaten in a fight |
Get
wet |
To
lose one's temper |
| Getting any |
This expression needs some explanation. It is usually addressed
by man to man and enquires whether the listener has been achieving amorous successes of
late |
| Ghan
-the- |
The
train that runs from Adelaide to Alice Springs |
Gibber |
A boulder or stone |
Gig |
An observer; one who stares curiously; a detective; a simpleton
or fool; to toss coins in two-up so that they do not spin |
| Gigglesuit |
Prison
clothes |
| Gin |
An
aboriginal woman; any married woman; a saddle |
| Ging |
A
child's catapult |
| Ginger |
A
harlot who works with another girl (sometimes with a man) to rob a client |
| Gip
artist |
A
professional rogue, confidence trickster |
| Give
away |
To
reject or abandon |
| Give
best |
To
acknowledge defeat or the superiority of another |
| Give
it a go ya mug |
Are
you perhaps incapable of performing this act |
| Give
the game away |
To
abandon interest in any activity or pursuit |
| Go for
the doctor |
To bet
everything available on a race horse in the expectation of making big money |
| Go
-it’s a- |
An
agreement, a settled decision |
| Go
-to have a- |
To
try |
| Go
lemony at |
To
express anger at someone |
| Go
mulga |
To
decamp, take to the bush |
| Go off |
When a
hotel or club is raided by police for permitting after hours drinking or gambling, it is
said to go off; when a horse or greyhound is "fixed" to win a race, it is said
to go off |
| Go on |
I am
not entirely convinced you know what you are talking about |
| Go
through without the waterbag |
To be
in a great hurry |
| Goanna |
A
piano |
| Goer
-it's a- |
It
will definitely happen |
| Gog
eye |
A
child's catapult |
| Gone
to Moscow |
Pawned |
| Good
ink |
Something
pleasant |
| Good
nick -in- |
To
be in excellent condition; to be in good health |
| Good
oil |
Correct
information; an accurate tip |
| Good
on you |
A
general term of approval, but sometimes used ironically |
| Good
sort |
A girl
or young woman |
| Goodoh |
A
general term of approval |
| Goog |
An egg |
| Googly |
A ball
in cricket which breaks from the off side; an
awkward question which a person would rather not answer |
| Gooly |
A
pebble or stone |
| Government
house |
The
homestead of a station head |
| Government
stroke -the- |
A lazy
method of working |
Graft |
Any form of work |
| Grazier |
A
sheep or cattle farmer |
| Grease
-in the- |
Raw
wool containing its natural yolk |
| Green monday |
A type of cicada |
| Greengrocer |
A type
of cicada |
| Griff
-the- |
True
information; a correct tip |
| Grog |
Any
type of alcohol |
| Groper |
A
Western Australian |
| Grot
-a- |
Someone
who is untidy or dirty |
| Grotty |
Dirty |
Group |
This industrial and political term refers to industrial groups
which were formed in 1945 by the Australian Labor Party to combat Communism in Australian
trade unions. They were subsequently disbanded on the ground that they had become
instruments for infiltration by Catholic Action |
| Groupers |
Those
who advocate the re-formation of groups or who support the principle of fighting
Communism. In the late 1950s, the term was used by left wingers to describe those who
still operate within the Australian Labor Party under the influence of Catholic Action |
| Grouse |
Good;
excellent; terrific |
| Grouter |
A bet
in two-up laid on tails after a long run of heads or vice versa |
| Grub
-hop into the- |
Start
eating your meal |
| Gulf
country |
Country
in the Gulf of Carpentaria area in North Queensland |
| Gully |
Any
geographical indentation from a fair sized drain to a vast valley |
| Gullyraker |
A
cattle thief; a long cattle whip |
Gumleaf band |
A group of musicians who make music by blowing on gumtree leaves |
Gumleaves growing out of the ears
-to have- |
A phrase descriptive of someone, e.g. a
simple minded person who
has lived long in the bush or outback |
| Gummy |
Wool
containing a large quantity of yolk or lanolin; a sheep which is toothless with age |
| Gumsucker |
Any
person that lives in the state of Victoria |
| Gumtree
-to have seen one's last- |
To be
on the verge of death |
| Gumtree
-up a- |
In
trouble; in a quandary |
| Gun |
An
expert Shearer |
| Gunyah |
A hut
or shack |
| Gutter |
The
space in front of a racecourse totalisator |
| Gutzer
-to- |
To
fall; to fail |
| Guyver |
Affectation;
make believe; spurious talk |
