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North Island
A Tasmanian jocular name for mainland Australia.
In a sentence
From Hobart, she jokingly called the mainland the North Island.
Where it came from
Macquarie explicitly records the mainland sense as particularly Tasmanian, with an 1980s recollection; ABC independently records a Tasmanian using it for mainland Australia in 2025.
- Where used
- Tasmania