AUSTRALIAN NICKNAMES.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 386, 1 October 1903, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NICKNAMES.

■■tornslalUn," "Uam-Suokera" »■* "Crow-K*«er»" Are Some ot tSUB Fet A i>p dial lon a. Although the Australian colonic* haie liow be. en linked together in a con an .-i.wi-a.ih, it is not probable that the nickname bestowed by one province ou another will be abandoned, savs the Lt iaiire Hour. The inhabitants of Nv\\ South Wales have long been knuv.ii a* "cornstalks," an allusion to the length and bliuiniss of the average young New South Wales native. Viet* nans- are known as "gum-suck-ers.*" ••- iih reference to the gum that is f - ;:.; on many native trees, some « i \...u-h is relished by juveniles. "V.. • :<:trs," as applied to the south Aua.rur.aiis. owes its origin to a statenit u; ilia: ia times of drought the »ht.; farmers of south Australia are «rh« ;i in the source suggested for ituul. "Whratfieidtrs" is a more (u----ohii:.l:>;i.i name sometimes ustd for the sail-. _..-i.\iui-»-. "Ihe Queensiandersare &nt>v :.- «;.- "i-nnaua landers." thattrop-' leal JV«iil growing there abundantly. Vv'; -:.-?■ An.-; ra'.ians—or. as they are tiv.v t rally called, Westralians—are !•... i In the ea.-t as "tand gropers*" ." r "propers."*" The Wcstraiian-i th- in--t !• -.-> group all the other states iul« •••'• b- r si":*."' and call the resi. di: , - -!.t-r siders." Tasmania grf en ; ; . isie that is like England in i • ■»: :1 other characteristics, is f-i-r.: . j, regarded as very quiet and rail: iihimi the times, and is re- '. rr .. :n as "the land of lots of ti:n." .he "land of sleep a lot," and .-on).' while the inhabitants are gaJic-i " "sissies" and "jam-eaters," the '.aitrr f.« iiur an allusion to the great fruit production of the "tight little island."