Glossary of Australian wordsAustralian Light Horse – name given to the Australia cavalry in the 1st World War
AFP - Australian Federal Police
ASLAV – Australian Light Army Vehicle, armoured cavalry troop carrier with mounted 7.62 mm machine g*n and 25 mm cannon.
Bearcat – Lenco Bearcat, armoured command vehicle used by police and military services
Billabong – water hole, a lagoon or small lake, often filled with water lilies, fish, crustaceans
Billy – tin to put on the fire to boil water in, for tea making and heating water
Blimey – crikey, strewth, darn, damn
Bloke – man, male, fellow or fella
Bloody – damn or darn
Lowed – confused, no idea, can also mean exhausted (out of breath)
Blow-hards – full of 'piss 'n wind', noisy complaining types
Bogans - unsophisticated, lazy-assed
