Meanings
Australiana1
- pluralplural onlyAll things particular to Australia, culture and people; anything that is a symbol of Australian life.
In the midst of Expo ’88 mania, everyone sported clothing emblazoned with splashy images of Sydney Harbour Bridge, koalas and Australiana chic. It was bold, brash and people couldn’t get enough of it.
2018 June 1, Alana Schetzer, “Australiana 2.0: how cultural cringe became cool”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Australiana2
- AustraliaA pizza topped with bacon and pineapple (or sometimes ham), eggs, and often also onion.
Australiana: Bacon, Onion, Egg.
1992, menu at the Benito Pizza restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National Dictionary2 more examples
Australiana: Ham, bacon, onion & egg.
2004, menu at the Pizzeria Rio restaurant in Sydney, quoted in the Australian National DictionaryOur town was chilli crazy — the Italian restaurant now served chilli-garlic bread, the Australiana Pizza at Nico's now featured chilli as one of its toppings and at the Rotary Fete, savoury chilli biscuits outnumbered sponge cakes three to one.
2004, Loose lips, page 21
Origin
Australiana · noun
Alteration of Australian to make it look Italian (australiana is indeed an Italian word).
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Rhymes with Australiana
Cite this entry
Australiana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australiana
“Australiana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australiana. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Australiana,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australiana.
Source: Australiana on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.