List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin

Words of Australian Aboriginal origin, have entered many languages. Many such words have entered Australian English, and are considered native words. Some of those words have in turn been exported from Australian English to other branches of the English language and to other languages. For example: The accepted English common names of a number of species of animal and plant endemic to Australia are simply their Australian Aboriginal names.

Flora and fauna

barramundi

bilby

bogong

brolga

budgerigar

bunyip

cunjevoi

currawong

dingo

euro

galah

gidgee

indigenous

jarrah

kangaroo

koala

kookaburra

kurrajong

marri

mulga

numbat

pademelon

quandong

quoll

taipan

wallaby

wallaroo

warrigal

witchetty grub

wobbegong

wombat

yabby

Others

billabong

boomerang

cooee

corroboree

gibber 

(a boulder)

humpy 

(a hut)

jackeroo

koori

waddy 

(a wooden club)

willy willy

woomera

wurley 

(a hut)

yabber 

(to talk)

yakka 

(work)

Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin

bandicoot 

(from Telugu)

didgeridoo 

(onomatapoeic)

goanna 

(corruption of iguana)

Nullarbor 

(Latin for no trees)