australia and new zealand vocab

bush

a wild or sparsely inhabited region

sunken mountains

a high mountain range that has become submerged

atoll

a ring shaped island formed by the buildup of a coral reef on the rim of a submerged volcano

caldera

a large volcanic crater

lagoon

a shallow lake that is intermittently connected to a river, another lake, or the sea

artesian well

a well that brings pressurized water to the surface without pumping

coral

the limestone skeleton of a tiny sea animal

aborigine

teh indigenous people of australia

clan

a group of close-knit interrelated families

boomerang

an australian throwing stick that soars and curves in flight and returns near the thrower

maori

the indigenous people of new zealand

dominion

a largely self governing country with the british empire

national identity

the sense of a being part of the whole of a county including its culture, language, and politics

strine

australian english that has a unique vocabulary of aboriginal words, terms used by early settlers, and stand created by modern australians

pidgin

a grammatically simplified form of a language