Historical Monographs
Gold! Gold! Gold! The Language of the Nineteenth-Century Australian Goldfields
Author/editor: Bruce Moore
Year published: 2000
Bruce Moore. Oxford University Press, 2000. 190 pages. ISBN 0 19 550838 6 This book examines the language of the the nineteenth-century Australian goldfields. It takes the form of a dictionary, with supporting quotations from contemporary texts. More than 500 headwords cover many aspects of the…
A Lexicon of Cadet Language: Royal Military College, Duntroon, in the period 1983 to 1985
Author/editor: Bruce Moore
Year published: 1993
Bruce Moore. Australian National Dictionary Centre, 1993. 488 pages. ISBN 0 67315 1377 0 This book documents many aspects of the language of male army cadets at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australia, in the period 1983 to 1985 (immediately prior to the creation in 1986 of the Australian…
W.H. Downing's Digger Dialects
Author/editor: J.M. Arthur & W.S. Ramson
Year published: 1990
Ed. J.M. Arthur and W.S. Ramson. Oxford University Press, 1990. 257 pages. ISBN 0 19 553233 3 W.H. Downing's Digger Dialects was first published in 1919. The words and phrases used by Australian Service personnel were recorded `live' in 1919 by Downing, and are presented in this new edition with…
Aboriginal English/Regional Monographs
Aboriginal English
Author/editor: J.M. Arthur
Year published: 1996
J.M. Arthur. Oxford University Press, 1996. 264 pages. ISBN 0 19 554018 2. Aboriginal English is the first and most significant dialect of Australian English. The term `Aboriginal English' refers to the form of English used by Aboriginal people. It is a complete language, incorporating…
Tassie Terms: A Glossary of Tasmanian Terms
Author/editor: Maureen Brooks & Joan Ritchie
Year published: 1995
Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie. Oxford University Press, 1995. 174 pages. ISBN 0 19 553812 9 Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the proven methods of historical lexicography, Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie have compiled Tassie terms, a companion volume to their Words…
Words from the West: A Glossary of Western Australian Terms
Author/editor: Maureen Brooks & Joan Ritchie
Year published: 1994
Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie. Oxford University Press, 1994. 222 pages. ISBN 0 19 553628 2 This book represents the first attempt to record the words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a given Australian regional community. It contains some 750 dictionary entries of words found in Western…
The Concise Australian National Dictionary
Author/editor: Joan Hughes
Year published: 1992
Joan Hughes. Oxford University Press, 1992. 662 pages. ISBN 0 19 553433 6. This book contains all 10,000 headwords found in the parent dictionary, as well as definitions, etymologies and pronunciations. For each headword, the earliest citation is provided, along with at least one other quotation.
The Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles
Author/editor: W.S. Ramson
Year published: 1988
W.S. Ramson. Oxford University Press, 1988. 814 pages. ISBN 0 19 554736 5. The Australian National Dictionary is the first comprehensive, historically based record of the words which make up the Australian contribution to the English language. Every entry provides its own fascinating insight into…