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

; barramundibilby; bogongbrolga; budgerigarbunyip; cunjevoicurrawong; dingowallaroo; galahgidgee

; jarrahkangaroo; koalakookaburra; kurrajongmarri; mulganumbat; pademelon

quandong; quolltaipan; wallabywallaroo; warrigalwitchetty grub; wobbegongwombat; yabby

Objects

; billabong boomerang; cooee

corroboree; gibber (a boulder)humpy (a hut)

; waddy (a wooden club)willy willy

Describing words

; koorimurri - Aboriginal people from northern half of Australia

; woomerawurley - a hut; yabber - to talkyakka - work

Towns' names (and their postcodes)

; Banka Banka 0760; Bet Bet 3472Bindi Bindi 6574; Bong Bong 2576Boonoo Boonoo 2372; Booti Booti 2428Bril Bril 2441; Brit Brit 3315Budgee Budgee 2850; Buln Buln 3821Cammeray 2062; Canberra2600Cope Cope 3480; Cowan Cowan 4004Curl Curl 2096; Doon Doon 2484Drik Drik 3304; Elong Elong 2831

Gan Gan 2315; Ghinni Ghinni 2430Gin Gin 4671; Gingin 6503Gol Gol 2738; Goonoo Goonoo 2340Gre Gre 3478; Grong Grong 2652Gumly Gumly 2652; Jellat Jellat 2550Ki Ki 5261; Kin Kin 4571Kundle Kundle 2430; Kurri Kurri 2327Lal Lal 3352; Lang Lang 3984Mareeba 4880; Mia Mia 3444Millaa Millaa 4886; Mitta Mitta 3701Mooney Mooney 2254; Mooroolbark 3138Moree 2400; Murrin Murrin 6438

Narrabri 2390; Nerrin Nerrin 3351Nowa Nowa 3887; Parramatta 2150Pindi Pindi 4798; Pura Pura 3271Tilba Tilba 2546; Tootgarook 3941Topi Topi 2423; Tucki Tucki 2480Wagga Wagga 2650; Wal Wal 3381Walla Walla 2659;Wallan Wallan 3756Wangi Wangi 2267; Whian Whian 2480Willi Willi 2440; Wood Wood 3596Wool Wool 3249; Woy Woy 2256

Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin

bandicoot : (from Telugu); didgeridoo : (onomatopoeic)

goanna : (corruption of iguana); Nullarbor : (Latin for no trees)