new Australian

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new Australian (plural new Australians)

  1. (Australia, 1950s-60s) A post-WWII migrant to Australia, especially one from Europe whose first language was not English.
    • 1952, Nevil Shute, chapter 7, in The Far Country, Melbourne: Heinemann:
      The New Australians are the sober ones here. All saving their money for when their two years are up, to buy a house or start a business or something. But for the language trouble, they're the best men that I've got.
  2. (historical) A member of the New Australia settlement in Paraguay.
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