Australianisation

noun

the act or process of Australianising

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Meanings

nounAustralianisation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablethe act or process of Australianising

    It seemed, the Review reported, that the Foreign Investment Review Board would approve the terms and timetable of any Australianisation proposals.

    1979, Susan Bambrick, Australian Minerals and Energy Policy
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    This Australianisation of natural resource ownership is forcing the other companies to dilute their majority holdings and earlier this year CRA announced that it would move towards reducing its foreign ownership to less than 50 per cent.

    1979, Investors Chronicle

    However, design adaptation to meet the Australian Navy's unique requirements and political pressures to increase local content have resulted in considerable Australianisation of original designs.

    2009, Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall, Robert Wylie, Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A small country perspective, Routledge, →ISBN, page 341

Origin

From Australian + -isation.

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Australianisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australianisation

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“Australianisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australianisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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