List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin - Definition and Overview

This is a list of English loanwords that come from any of the Australian Aboriginal languages. It excludes place-names.

Flora and fauna

barramundi

bilby

bogong

brolga

budgerigar

bunyip

cunjevoi

currawong

dingo

euro

galah

gidgee

jarrah

kangaroo

koala

kookaburra

kurrajong

marri

mulga

numbat

pademelon

quandong

quoll

taipan

wallaby

wallaroo

warrigal

witchetty grub

wobbegong

wombat

yabby

Others

billabong

boomerang

cooee

corroboree

gibber 

(a boulder)

humpy 

(a hut)

jackeroo

koori

waddy 

(a wooden club)

willy willy

woomera

wurley 

(a hut)

yabber 

(to talk)

yakka 

(work)

Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin

bandicoot 

(from Telugu)

didgeridoo 

(onomatapoeic)

goanna 

(corruption of iguana)

Nullarbor 

(Latin for no trees)

See also: Lists of English words of international origin