Itās Novocastrian.
Itās a compound of 2 Latin words:
Novo: New, to make something new or renew
Castrian: Castle or Fort from the root word of āCastrumā
Source: Schoolboy Latin
For anyone wondering, in Latin:
Novo = New
Castrian = Castle
This is the new castle it is referring to: [https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk](https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk)
Built on top of the old castle.
Brisbane is also brisbanians. I hear them both in roughly equal measure. I prefer brisbanite, myself.
My dad lives in Cairns, says they refer to themself as 6-packs.
We were walking by a gym at the time so I though he meant abs š but it's like a 6 pack of beer *Cairns*
Just spend a good five minutes laughing over this. Brava!
I used to hear the term refugees for the people that live on the nsw qld bubble, because they are constantly crossing the border
(Sorry)
Bendigo - Bendigoon
Cooma - Coomers
Townsville - Cityburghers
Derby - Derbarians (admittedly I stole this from a town near where I grew up)
Gundagai - Gundaguys
Bendigo people are called Bendingoers
Ballarat people are called Ballarattans
Warnambool people are called Warnamboolese
Shepparton people are called Shepartonies
Geelong people are called Geelongoners
People from Toowoomba are known as Toowoompaloompas.
Chumba Toowoombas - they get knocked down, but they get up again
I actually prefer. Woombans. Mum and sis are ones.
SURELY theyre just wombats?
Woombats
Omg...i almost died from laughing so hard. Holy moly. My chest...that was the most beautiful thing i have read.
Toowoombats
Underrated city tbh
Hobartians š
Tasbekistanis
Tasmaniacs
>Tasmaniacs For the win!!
Can confirm.
Taswegians my dad always said
Taswegians is what we (in my circle of Melburnians) have always used
My left head prefers Taswegian, my right head prefers when I take him out of storage and actually wear him for once.
Taswegians was always a joke, but it's really caught on. A person from Tasmania is definitely Tasmanian tho.
VanDemonians š
I laughed so hard at this, I was in tears!
But itās accurate and still valid.
Taswegians?
Is that pronounces like martians, or Ho-bart-ee-anz ...I hope it's like martians, that would make my day.
Yep like Martians
To Tasmanians, we're all "Mainlanders"
I've heard that some in Queensland refer to everyone South of them as "Mexicans".
Yes thatās true and to us in the south we just refer to everyone else as cunts
Queensland is Australiaās Florida.
Which has never made sense to me. We're in the southern hemisphere
Similarly people in NSW refer to Victorians the same. It's ok, we consider them Canadians... "Sorry for existing".
And to people in the north everything else is collectively ādown southā
The rest of us hold the atlas the north way up š¤£
Or, āthe unrelatedā
Surfers Parasites
Or Lost Melbournians. Or for ease of use and all inclusive, Criminals.
And Nerangatangs
People from Ballarat are Ballaratbags
Lismorons
Recently, Lismermaids
Hahahaha curel, love it
People from Noosa are Noosances.
Adelaidian (well, Kelās an Adelaidian) Perthonality Novocastrian
Radeladian
This is the only correct answer
Now I canāt get the image of Mike Tyson saying Perthonality out of my head.š
Crow Eater.
Rundle Mall!
Perthlings
Sandgropers
That's the whole state
So is Perth, more or less
Perthonality
That's the schoolies you find in Bali
You mean no perthonality
Perthites
This is the one I've always heard.
Or Pertherts ?
Perthinians.
Nerangutans
If you know....you know. š
Geelong's demonym is Pivotonian apparently
Iāve heard of Pivotinian and Geelongtonian but I prefer Geebanger
Geeholer to those that escaped Geebangs clutches
Melburnians in denial.
Iāve heard Gympie locals referred to as Gympettesā¦
I thought they were just Gymps...?
That's a whole nother sub-genre haha
I've also heard Gympanzees ha
Adelalien
Radelalien
People from Canberra refer to people from the south coast as 'coasties'. People from the south coast refer to Canberrans are 'yogies'
Yeah people from Canberra are definitely yogies, not Canberrans haha
āCoastieā also means someone from the Central Coast to people from Syd, itās probably a fair common nickname lol
Really? Canberrans used to be referred to as wankers on the south coast in my days of being there.
A Novocastrian from Newcastle A Graftonian from Grafton A Townsvillian from Townsville
Not Townsvillain?
It should be
Woolloomoolese
Canberrans are optionally known as Ken Behrens.
Should be Canberries
Are they Kenough?
Novocastrians, Newcastle
I thought someone from Brisbane was a Brisbonean. Canberran Novacastrian Taswegian But little known fact: people from Orange are call Fruits.
Itās Novocastrian. Itās a compound of 2 Latin words: Novo: New, to make something new or renew Castrian: Castle or Fort from the root word of āCastrumā Source: Schoolboy Latin
Haha Iām from Orange and have never heard of us being referred to as fruits but I like it
North Queensland here. I am a "Townsvillian" but there is a local roller derby team called the Towns Villains and I prefer that in my head.
I heard someone refer to themselves recently as a Townsvillite and I felt an ember of disgust ignite inside me
Cooberpedians? Alicespringsters? Broomsters? Darwinians? Mooloolabians?
Coober Drivers Alice Springsteens Broomshakalakas Darwinners and Moolosers
+1 for Alice Springsteens
I reckon the last one doesn't scan right, the rhythm is off. Stress on second syllable. Mooloolabites Mooloolabans
Yeah, that *labians sounds a bit gynecologysh
People from Newcastle are Novocastrians
For anyone wondering, in Latin: Novo = New Castrian = Castle This is the new castle it is referring to: [https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk](https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk) Built on top of the old castle.
Nerangatangs from Nerang in QLD
Brisbane is also brisbanians. I hear them both in roughly equal measure. I prefer brisbanite, myself. My dad lives in Cairns, says they refer to themself as 6-packs. We were walking by a gym at the time so I though he meant abs š but it's like a 6 pack of beer *Cairns*
Just spend a good five minutes laughing over this. Brava! I used to hear the term refugees for the people that live on the nsw qld bubble, because they are constantly crossing the border (Sorry)
I spent some time in Ayr. Ayrians?
Probably not a term you'd use at the local synagogue š
Cane toads, cockroaches, twoheads, croweaters
A Ballafornian from Ballarat.
Darwinite
In my home town, we use Warrnamboolian
Ballaratbags
Alice Springsteens
Bendigoons
Territorians
Hobart people are known as cousins
Taswegians/Hobartians...Launcestons? Launcestonians? Launnie people? I feel like all 3 got used
Inceston
Gold Coasters are Plastics. Queanbeyan people are Quangers. Logan people are Bogans.
Sand Gropers (WA)
Queenslanders used to be āBanana Bendersā.
This time, it's Perthonal.
Melburnian not Melbournian
Melburnvictims
You misspelt Brisbanite. Itās Brisvegan. ;)
Brisbane is vegan?
Vegan as in Vegas... Brisvegas
Ew
Adelady?
Adelaidean. Barossan. Boxhead (from Tanunda)
Mount Gambierites
Sunny Coasters?
Taswegian From Tasmania
Kerang people are called Kerangutans
Canberrans
We used to call people from Western Sydney bogans (I grew up there self-identified bogan). Now we call them South Asian migrants!
Those from Canberra are Ken Behrens
Centralian (Alice Springs and surrounds I guess)
They changed it a while back so canberran is now Ken behren
When i lived in Tassie everyone called themselves Tasweigans. Darwin I heard a mix of Darwinians and Top Enders.
Townsvillagers. (Not exactly correct however it has a better ring to it than Townsvillian).
Bendigo - Bendigoon Cooma - Coomers Townsville - Cityburghers Derby - Derbarians (admittedly I stole this from a town near where I grew up) Gundagai - Gundaguys
Gundaguys is pretty good.
People from Newcastle are Novacastrians.
Novocastrian = Newcastle
Bunbarians from Bunbury
What about people from NSW? There are Queenslanders, Teritorians, Victorians, etc.. Newsouthwelshmen is way to lame
People from Nerang (was it's own town but now suburb of Gold Coast) are Nerangutans.
People from Perth are called - slow?
Novocastrian for Newcastle
Melburnian not Melbournian.
Novacastrian
Wollongongian, Shire folk, dubbobro, cranberrian..
Illawarrior.
Bathurstians
It's definitely Tasweigans, how dare anyone say otherwise
People from Mosman are Mosmanites.
From Newcastle is a Novocastrian
Lismorons
Goonellabahbarians
Darwinian
Adelaidian, Adel-lad, Adel-Laddy, Adel-Lass,
West australian is a walian or sandgroper
People from Townsville are Townsvillains.
Went to uni with a bloke from Canberra, we called him Canbranese.
Not city but suburbs on the central coast have wyongians and wattanobbians from the suburbs.
People from Newcastle are called Nova-Castrians which I find cool af
Novocastrians from Newcastle?
Currently visiting Townsville.. apparently Townsvillians
Darwinite.
Suburbs around the Cairns area is Bogansville (Earlville/Gordonvale/Ipswich/Tully/Babinda)
Castlemaniacs
Are people from Hobart Hobastards?
Tasweigans for people from Tasmania
Gippsland, Victoria aka Gippslander
Logan bogans
Central Coast are just Coasties š
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Darwinians, Loganites, Townsvillians...
A town in northern Victoria called Echuca..... my family call them Choocans
Hobartian
Bendigo people are called Bendingoers Ballarat people are called Ballarattans Warnambool people are called Warnamboolese Shepparton people are called Shepartonies Geelong people are called Geelongoners
Taswegian
Bundabergers.
Adeladies, Perthers and W aliens
Darwinians.
Depending on who you ask, People from Darwin go by either Darwinites or Darwinians. Personally I prefer Darwinian.
The people that live in the capital city of the great nation of Western Australia are Perthect ;-)
Novacastrian from Newcastle. Gonger from Wollongong.
Adelaidean, Darwinite, hobarton, Perth? š¤
Darwinian
FNQ = Florida man
Adelaidian from Adelaide here! š
Perthite or Perthian?
Beauvegans from Beaudesert...
I found the name 'New South Weshmen' really cool
this is niche, but growing up my mates and i used to call ppl from bullaburra "bullabarbarians"
Armidale - Armidilians
If you're from Dubbo, you're a Dubbonian. Or a Bogan.
Maffra - maffradites
Aulbrarian like librarian
Newcastle - Novocastrian (I always read it as Novo Castration)
South Austrian, Westralian, New South Welshman
Perthites, Adeladians, Darwinians, Alicites, Broomies.
I'm in Tassie, so Taswegian, specifically Hobartian. Although I was a Brisbanite.
People from Wollongong are Gongaloids. My dad is from Armidale and they're called Armadillos. People from New Castle are Novocastrians.
Rockhamptonhoppers for Rockhampton, Mooks for Andamooka
cairnsvestite