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Australian culture and customs are unique, but not as unique as the Australian language. Our own style of English is so full of colloquial expressions, slang words and slang phrases it is enough to confuse other speakers of English quite easily.
So just so you don't look like a complete drongo, here are enough Aussie words to help you get by in Australian society! Now, the accent, well thats another story...
The really basic basics.
G’day is hullo, pronounced Gidday which is a shortened form of Good Day, and used mostly in informal situations. More formally we would say Hullo, Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or the likes.

Goodbye is, um, er, Goodbye. Although some people say Hooroo, pronounced ‘ooroo.
Bloke is an Aussie male who generally is a hard worker and does the right thing. Eg., "Bill’s a Good Bloke".
Mate is Friend, mainly for males. Everyone in Australia is mate, so we would often say "G’day mate" or "Thanks mate".
Onya means Well Done, a shortened form of Good On You. The best "Aussieism" in my opinion.
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 Here are a few of the more common words which are different in American and British English. This is only meant to highlight some of the variety which exists within English, and is not a complete list by any means. It also does not address different vocabulary which is used in Australia, Canada, South Africa and India as well as the Caribbean, Africa, and the many other places in the world which use English as the language of commerce or government.

American	British
apartment	flat
argument	row
baby carriage	pram
band-aid	plaster
bathroom	loo or WC
can	tin
chopped beef	mince
cookie	biscuit
corn	maize
diaper	nappy
elevator	lift
eraser	rubber
flashlight	torch
fries	chips
gas	petrol
guy	bloke, chap
highway	motorway
hood (car)	bonnet
jello	jelly
jelly	jam

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A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!" His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means?" The son replied, "I do know!" "Okay,"said his father. "What does the Bible mean?" "That's easy, Daddy..." the young boy replied excitedly, "It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth".

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1. When you are together with this special someone, you pretend to ignore that person. But when that special someone is not around, you might look around to find that person. At that moment YOU ARE IN LOVE.
2. Although there is someone else who always makes you laugh, your eyes and attention might go only to that special someone. THEN YOU ARE IN LOVE.
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