This glossary includes words highlighted in bold throughout the module. Unless otherwise indicated, definitions and glossary entries come from the Maquarie Dictionary.

www.macquariedictionary.com.au.

Definitions have been selected for best fit to context, some entries have multiple meanings in different applications.

Amity

friendship; harmony; good understanding, especially between nations.

Beach

(verb) Nautical to run or haul up (a ship or boat) on the beach.

Bêche-de-mer

also called trepang. The boiled, dried, and smoked flesh of sea cucumbers used to make soups.

Information taken from Encyclopeadia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/beche-de-mer-food

Cataclysm

any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature.

Compartmentalisation

to divide into compartments or sections.

Exhorted

to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.

Forbearance

to refrain from; desist from; cease

Fostering

to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage

Foundering

to fill with water and sink, as a ship

Gubba

Colloquial: from Gubbament. Which is itself a slang term for government. In some cases, the only white people some Indigenous communities met were from or representing the Government. Hence, white people were associated with the government. Gubba is an evolution of Government Person/Man/Woman > Gubbament person > Gubba.

In lingo

Colloquial: In language, Aboriginal English a traditional Australian Aboriginal language, as distinguished from Standard Australian English, Aboriginal English, or a creole.

Lampooning

a malicious satire upon a person, institution, government, etc., in either prose or verse.

Mantle

something that covers, envelops, or conceal

Omnipotent

almighty, or infinite in power, as God or a deity.

Peer

a nobleman.

Petulance

showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

Prosaic

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative.

Residual

remaining; left over

Scapegoat

someone who is made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place

Trochus

a gastropod mollusc of the family Trochidae, having a conical shell

Wanton

1. done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably

2. deliberate and uncalled for: why ruin your career in this wanton way?

3. reckless or disregardful of right, justice, humanity, etc., as persons.

Zealously

Full of, characterised by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent

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