Claim: Me and Dad were relaxing after a hard afternoon's work out at the claim. 
noun. a piece of a mine, that is owned by someone

wobbling: a four-wheel-drive police jeep came wobbling down the creamy red track.
verb. moving with an unsteady motion

startled: My dad turned around, startled.
verb. to move with a quick sudden motion.


figment: Pobby was a figment of her imaginings.
noun. a product of imagination


rummaged: He rummaged through a pile of rocks.
verb. moving around looking for something


ute: I slammed the door of the ute in Dingan's face.
noun. car type


crackpot: Lightning ridge was full of flaming crackpots as far as I could see.
noun. a strange or crazy person


Mello Yello: hiding my anger in a swing from my can of Mello Yello.
noun. a lemonade brand


mates: Dad had become mates with Pobby and Dingan.
noun. friends


opal: My dad would come back from the opal mines covered in dust.
noun. a type of rock

fairdinkum: There’s definitely something in that earth with the name Williamson on it!” “Fairdinkum?”
Austrailian slang word for truth, really, fair

imaginary: I wasn’t crazy enough to talk to imaginary friends.
Noun. Something that you have made up that exists in your head, not usually physical

grub: She said they were quieter and better behaved than me and deserved the grub.
Adjective. Short and thick

fossilized: a fossilized mammoth tooth with sun-flash in it.
Adjective. Remains of something really old


mammoth: a fossilized mammoth tooth with sun-flash in it.
Noun. An animal that doesn't exist anymore