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English
Etymology
Blend of east + Australia
Pronunciation
Noun
Eastralia (uncountable)
- (rare, humorous) Eastern Australia; the eastern states (and previously colonies) of Australia.
1897 September 1, “Cricket.”, in The Referee (Sydney), page 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.
1913 May 9, “Labor Logic and Fusion Fancies.”, in Westralian Worker, page 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…
1930 March 3, “Western Scorpions.”, in Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser, page 6:…those of the Murchison district in W.A. are gigantic in comparison with those of Eastralia…
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