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| Aborigine | An original inhabitant, one of the original inhabitants of Australia |
| lagoon | A shallow body of water separated from the sea by coral reefs |
| cyclone | A violent, rotating wind storm |
| outback | Remote sparsely settled, arid, rural country, especially the central and western plains and plateaus of Australia |
| artesian well | A well that is drilled deep enough to tap a layer of porous material filled with ground water |
| geyser | A natural hot spring that shoots a column of water and steam into the air |
| atoll | A ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon |
| trust territory | A dependent colony or territory supervised by another country by commission of the United Nations |
| traditional economy | An economic system in which families produce goods and services for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods; also known as a subsistence economy |
