The history and evolution of Australian slang

A team of Monash researchers is doing the hard yakka to better understand the place of Australian words in our daily lives, and bring you the stories about how fair dinkum Aussies conquered English. The slang gang includes Kate Burridge, Howard Manns, Simon Musgrave, Keith Allan, Isabelle Burke and Dylan Hughes. Their project, Metaphors and identities in the Australian Vernacular, is funded by the Australian Research Council.