What Does Mate Mean in Australia

What Does Mate Mean In Australia?

Why do they say mate in Australia?

Mateship is an Australian cultural idiom that embodies equality, loyalty and friendship. Russel Ward, in The Australian Legend (1958), once saw the concept as central to the Australian people. Mateship derives from mate, meaning friend, commonly used in Australia as an amicable form of address.

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