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
