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A ripper guide to Aussie English!

With 500 new words and phrases in this updated edition.

Illustrated throughout with color photographs.

Great Aussie Slang is a true blue dictionary of Aussie lingo for all those who haven't the foggiest what 'packing poleta', 'out of whack' and 'like buggery' mean. Even if you're not a brick short of a wall you could come a clanger if you don't check out the Australian slang definitions in this beaut little book. Orright, mate?

With over 240 entries new to this Aussie Slang edition, this text is a comprehensive reference to Australian slang. The book includes translations of such Aussie slang phrases as "rattle your dags" and explains such descriptions as "a lair who likes to stir the possum".

An offbeat comprehensive collection of Aussie Slang by Lenie Johansen, including both classic and current colloquialisms.

Presented colourfully, occasionally rudely, always direct and never ever politically correct. This is the Australian language as it has never been collected before!

A great guide to the OZ vernacular. "A Dinkum Guide to OZ English"

A comprehensive collection of the informal language of New Zealanders. More than 3000 entries cover the astonishing range of weird and wonderful communal sayings that give Kiwispeak its distinctive flavour.

Here is a legacy of untold value left by the Dreamtime heroes of the Australian Aboriginal people; a race so ancient it is reputed to be descended from the gods. This is a priceless heritage which belongs to every Australian, black or white.

The records left by the Wisemen of the Aborigines tell of the creation myth, how Baiame the Supreme Intelligence of the universe, created all living things and how extrasensory perception was used as a means of gaining knowledge of the past and future. There are laws for living on earth and laws for living in the multi dimensions beyond earth.

Theirs is a powerful philosophy, one which has meaning and cannot be changed by time or circumstances. It is a spiritual philosophy which most Australians, until recent years, saw as primitive and of little importance to the world.

How wrong we were, for here, in Australia, we have the oldest known people on earth whose philosophy and science served them well for nearly 50,000 years.

Cyril Havecker was a blood brother of the Warramunga tribe of Groot Eylandt. His writings, workshops and lectures during the years from 1976 until 1979 were his contribution towards a better understanding of the Australian Aboriginal's ancient culture.

This exquisite collection of Australia's most evocative and best-loved songs in Five Mile Press' Australiana Miniatures Series includes

-Botany Bay

-Click go the Shears

-Waltzing Matilda

-The Wild Colonial Boy

and many other Australian classic songs. Their melodies, rhythms and lyrics work together to paint a vivid and exciting picture of many colourful eras in our nation's history.

By Christine Cole Catley and Simon Nicholson

What makes the Kiwis KIWI: A guide to understanding the Kiwis which explores their views and values with humour and insight.
See more at: http://www.xenophobes.com/the-kiwis/#sthash.Ea4USSDj.dpuf