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QANTAS

the flag carrier airline of australia
An acronym of
Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services
Founded in 1920 at Winton, Qld, it is the third oldest airline in the world.
Nicknamed The Flying Kangaroo, it initially operated air‑mail services subsidised by the government, linking railheads in western Queensland. It made the inaugural flight of the Royal Flying Doctor in 1928.

quack

doctor

queenslander

a high-set weatherboard house

queensland nut

macadamia nut
Native to north eastern NSW and central and south eastern Qld.
The only native crop that has ever been traded internationally as a commercial food product.
Named in tribute to Dr John Macadam (1827-1865) the Scottish-Australian chemist, medical teacher, and politician whose other claim to fame was that he was an umpire at the first‑ever Australian Rules football match.

aboriginal languages = kindal kindal, bauple, gyndl, jindilli, boombera

queer

homosexual male

quickie

1 sex that takes only a few minutes

2 a quick drink

3 anything done rapidly

quick quid

a modest amount of money earned with little effort

quid ∼ make a quid

earn a living

quid ∼ not the full quid

of low intelligence

quinella

a form of betting
Bets are laid on the first and second placegetters in any order in the one race.

american spanish: a game of chance

quandong

an australian tree
With a red fruit containing an edible kernel.

aboriginal language wiradjuri from nsw