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Eastralia
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English
Etymology
en east Australia.
Pronunciation
ēsʹtrālyə, en /iːsˈtɹæɪljə/
Noun
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en rare jocular Eastern Australia; the eastern states (and previously colonies) of Australia.
en 1897-09-01 Cricket. The Referee (Sydney) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/121527118 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.
en 1913-05-9 Labor Logic and Fusion Fancies. Westralian Worker http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/148415332 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…
en 1930-03-03 Western Scorpions. Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/142743914 6 …those of the Murchison district in W.A. are gigantic in comparison with those of Eastralia…
Hypernyms
en eastern Eastern Australia
en eastern Eastern states
en t'otherside informal, used in Western Australia
See also
en Westralia