Eastralia
English
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editEastralia (uncountable)
- (rare, humorous) Eastern Australia; the eastern states (and previously colonies) of Australia.
- 1897 September 1, “Cricket.”, in The Referee (Sydney)[1], page 8:
- …a far pleasanter holiday trip, mingled with cricket, might be arranged for them through Maoriland [New Zealand] after their matches in Eastralia have finished.
- 1913 May 9, “Labor Logic and Fusion Fancies.”, in Westralian Worker[2], page 7:
- …Wyndham, for instance, is governed from Perth, and to all intents and purposes it is as far from the centre as Westralia is from Eastralia…
- 1930 March 3, “Western Scorpions.”, in Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser[3], page 6:
- …those of the Murchison district in W.A. are gigantic in comparison with those of Eastralia…
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edit- Eastern Australia
- Eastern states
- t'otherside (informal), used in Western Australia