Free Settler or Felon
Convict and Colonial History




Australian Slang - Local Lingo

Unique Phrases - Memorable Quotes - Q


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QANTAS - Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services

QUACK - doctor without qualifications

QUARTER ACRE BLOCK - suburban plot of land. Together with a 3 bedroom bungalow, once part of the Great Australian Dream

QUEENSLANDER HOUSE - Single detached timber high-set house with a corrugated iron roof and a characteristic veranda

QUEENSLANDERS - As we weep for what we have lost, I want us to remember who we are. We are Queenslanders. We are the people they breed tough, north of the border. We're the ones they knock down, and we get up again (Anna Bligh, Premier, vowing to rebuild after the floods and cylones of the 'Summer of Sorrow' 2011)

QUEUE JUMPER - illegal immigrant

QUID - 1 pound note

QUIDS IN - prosperous

QUIET AS A MOUSE - very quiet

QUIET AUSTRALIANS - Prime Minister Scott Morrison credited Quiet Australians for his 2019 election victory

QUOD - Jail (Franklin)