Queenslander

English 2022 January 26 Etymology thumb|A Queenslander (sense 2) in Chelmer, a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. From en Queensland er suffix attached to placename proper nouns denoting inhabitants or residents of those places inhabitant.n 156233 June 2021 1; n Pronunciation en /ˈkwiːnzləndə/ /-læn-/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Queenslander.wav Southern England en /ˈkwinzləndɚ/ /-ˌlæn-/ GA en /ˈkwiːnzləndə/ /-ˌlæn-/ AU en Queens land er Noun en <<s/Queensland>>, <<c/Australia>>. en humorous, informal banana bender slang, derogatory cane toad humorous, informal Bananalander A Friend of the Family 268 "An' what about your Queenslander?" the Australian asked. en Joh[annes] Bjelke-Petersen Messages to the Convention and to the President, Incoming President, and President-Elect of Rotary International 1977 Proceedings: Sixty-eighth Annual Convention of Rotary International: San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: 5–9 June, 1977 [Evanston, Ill.] w:Rotary International 1977 198 https://books.google.com/books?id=iv5ei-G8JPkC&pg=PA198 63598589 In view of the rapid development of Queensland, our prosperity and our major contribution to the nation and to world trade, I believe it is significant that a Queenslander should be honoured with such a high position in Rotary. en Mark Browning Rod Marsh: A Life in Cricket Dural, N.S.W. Rosenberg Publishing 2004 978-1-877058-23-3 In reality the selectors' decision was between [Rod] Marsh and John Maclean and the Queenslander got the nod. en Darryl Greer 31 The Election [Mudgeeraba, Qld.?] Darryl Greer 2009 249 https://books.google.com/books?id=wDxIpzxbuF0C&pg=PA249 978-0-646-52307-1 Takada had the added advantage of being a Queenslander, although from the other end of the state. But to a native north Queenslander, that was better than being from Melbourne. en Australia architecture A house built in an architectural style found in Queensland, characterized by being raised up on stumps about two metres off the ground, and having wide verandahs around it. en w:Ross Fitzgerald Labour in Power, 1915–1919 “Red Ted”: The Life of E. G. Theodore St. Lucia, Qld. w:University of Queensland Press 1994 74 https://books.google.com/books?id=kOoXdE16jA8C&pg=PA74 978-0-7022-2649-6 Originally built in 1907 and designed by New Zealand-born architect R[obert] S[mith] (Robin) Dods, Alma-den was a high-set Queenslander, with a large verandah around three sides of the house. Underneath in the front, Ted had a small study-cum-library-cum-hobby space, and from the time the family moved to New Farm he began to collect a library. en Darroch Donald East Coast Australia: Sydney to Cairns Footprint Handbooks Bath, Somerset Footprint 2003 978-1-903471-73-9 [A] conveniently located 4-star B&B in a restored traditional Queenslander, offering 6 spacious en suites and 1 luxury suite with spa, pool and off-street parking. en w:Melissa Lucashenko Not Quite White in the Head Frank Stewart; w:Larissa Behrendt; w:Barry Lopez; w:Mark Tredinnick Where The Rivers Meet: New Writing from Australia Mānoa volume 18, number 2 Honolulu, Hi. w:University of Hawaiʻi Press winter 2006 29 https://archive.org/details/whereriversmeetn0000unse/page/29/mode/1up 978-0-8248-3178-3 1045-7909 Any house built substantially of wood and lasting more than twenty years is now a "Queenslander" it seems and commands a premium. The Queenslander lifestyle is meant to convey a mood of summer indolence, perhaps by the pool but certainly taking in a verandah and an open-plan weekend in which cold drinks and friends replace the claustrophobia and TV of the brick bungalow. There is also a pleasing sense of history to the Queenslander: the patina of tradition is added to what is a functionally pleasant building. en Joseph Brennan A Key Part of Our Diverse Railway Heritage Rail Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Bauer Media 20 October 2021 942 56 0953-4563 999467860 I live in a quintessential (Australian) building type myself—a high-set ‘Queenslander’ on Captain [James] Cook’s tropical Cape Tribulation coast—and some of the details I love most about it are its Deco influences— Derived terms en QueeNZlander informal Translations person from Queensland, Australia Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 昆士蘭人 Kūnshìlánrén Finnish: fi queenslandilainen Ido: io Quinslandano Japanese: ja クインズランド人 クインズランドじん, kuinzurando jin house built in an architectural style found in Queensland Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 昆士蘭式房屋 Kūnshìlánshìfángwū Finnish: fi queenslandilainen talo Japanese: ja クインズランド式住宅 クイーンスランドしき　じゅうたく, kuinzurandoshiki jyūtaku References Further reading Queensland Queenslander (architecture) Queenslander (disambiguation) en Australian demonyms