The Matildas
nickname

- the Australia women's national soccer team

Wikipedia

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NAME ORIGIN

The team's official nickname "the Matildas" (alluding to the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda"), was known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995.

In 1994, the Australian Women's National Football team qualified for their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup, which was to take place in Sweden in 1995. At the time, the team, referred to as 'the Female Socceroos’, played against Colombia as a curtain-raiser to the men's game.

After the match, a competition was run to find a nickname for the Women's National Team — the shortlist included: Soccertoos, Blue Flyers, Waratahs, Matildas, Lorikeets — the rest was history.

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HOW TO SPEAK AUSTRALIAN

- As busy as a one armed taxi driver = extremely busy (Stoff genug für zehn)

- Face like a dropped pie = a sad facial expression (Ein Gesicht wie drei Tage Regenwetter)

- Mad as a cut snake = very angry (stinkwütend)

- Don't come the raw prawn = don't try to deceive me (versuchen Sie nicht mich zu täuschen)

- Onya bike! = Get lost! Go away! (Hau ab!)

- Have a Captain Cook = have a look, inspect this (einen Blick darauf werfen)

- Fair dinkum = true, genuine (echt, wahrhaftig)

- Good onya! = Well done! (Gut gemacht!)

- You beaut! = Excellent! (Prima!)

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