Western Australia

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstə(ɹ)n əˈstɹeɪljə/

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Western Australia

2. A state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901. Capital: Perth.
   • 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2021:

     AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.

• WA

• sandgroper (colloquial) for persons from the state

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Western Australia n (genitive Western Australias)

1. Western Australia (a state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)

   Synonym: Västaustralien