"New-chum" is the equivalent of our "tenderfoot"-- new arrival.
And then there is the immortal "My word!" "We must import it." "M-y word!" "In cold print it is the equivalent of our "Ger-rreat Caesar!" but spoken with the proper Australian unction and fervency, it is worth six of it for grace and charm and expressiveness.

Our form is rude and explosive; it is not suited to the drawing-room or the heifer-paddock; but "M-y word!" is, and is music to the ear, too, when the utterer knows how to say it.

I saw it in print several times on the Pacific Ocean, but it struck me coldly, it aroused no sympathy.

That was because it was the dead corpse of the thing, the 'soul was not there--the tones were lacking--the informing spirit--the deep feeling--the eloquence.

But the first time I heard an Australian say it, it was positively thrilling..