In English and American use, a range is a row of things such as a row of mountains or of any other identifiable features. The Editor, Sue Butler, discusses the pluralisation of range in Australia and how it came to mean country broken by hills or small mountains that aren’t necessarily in a connected line or series.

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The word mangrove comes to us through Spanish from the Taino language of the West Indies. The Editor, Susan Butler, discusses early citations that list mangroves as one of the obstacles that the settlers encountered in Australia.

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The Editor, Susan Butler, discusses the word paddock, a variant of the word parrock which exists only in English dialect and means a small enclosure, and how it expanded by 1849 in Australia to mean ‘many thousands of acres’.

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In British English, a plain refers to an area of relatively flat land. The Editor, Susan Butler, discusses the Australian use of plain, characterised by its openness rather than its flatness.

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In British English a gully is a narrow, deep passage through which water passes, whether this occurs naturally, as in a ravine or gorge, or is artificial. In this episode, The Editor, Susan Butler, discusses how in Australian English, gully is no longer the watercourse but the fold of land that has the watercourse at its heart.

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In this episode, The Editor, Susan Butler, explores the differences and similarities between tanks, dams and reservoirs in Australia.

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The word 'donga' is borrowed from South African English, meaning ‘a gully or watercourse’. The Editor, Susan Butler, explores how this word was adapted to fit the Australian environment, and its association with the military.

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In this episode, The Editor, Susan Butler, talks about the different types of trees found in forests across Australia, and how the forest was perceived in comparison to the bush by early settlers.

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The Editor, Susan Butler, explores the differences and similarities of the swamps and marshes of America, England and Australia -- including the many words used to describe this part of the environment.

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A soak is a damp patch of ground where the groundwater is close to the surface. The Editor, Susan Butler, explores the many names for soaks, and how they may differ across Australia.

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