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Macquarie Dictionary Publishers macquariedictionary.au macquarienet.au

Macquarie Dictionary Publishers: Summary. Who: Australia's premier reference publisherWhat: Macquarie Dictionary, Thesaurus, MacquarieNet and Indigenous Atlas of Australia as general reference resourcesWhen: Macquarie Dictionary has been in print since 1981, online since 2003 and MacquarieNet online since 1998Where: www.macquariedictionary.com.au and www.macquarienet.com.auWhy: Fast, easy access to regularly updated Australian reference resourcesMacquarie - by definition Australian.

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    3. Macquarie & ERA 2009: Products Macquarie Dictionary: Australia’s national dictionary online Macquarie Thesaurus: Online companion to the dictionary MacquarieNet: Australian online reference library for students, teachers and general users Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Award-winning online atlas and interactive resource on Indigenous Australia

    4. Macquarie Dictionary www.macquariedictionary.com.au

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    6. Macquarie Dictionary: Key Features The Macquarie Dictionary Online is the most up-to-date Australian dictionary available. The online service gives you access to the Macquarie Dictionary Fourth Edition with: over 300,000 full text words and definitions covering English as it is used in Australia etymologies for interesting phrases in English. Where does save someone's bacon or on the wallaby come from? thousands of new words and senses that come into use in Australian English from different sources, picked up by our consultant specialists and extensive reading program illustrative material from Ozcorp, Macquarie's ever increasing database of Australian writing regionalisms and slang from around Australia.

    7. Macquarie Thesaurus: Key Features The Macquarie Thesaurus is the first to be based on the distinctly Australian use of English. The online service gives you access to the Macquarie Thesaurus Second Edition: available online as a combined service with the dictionary - the thesaurus helps you find the word you want, the dictionary defines it contains a wide range of words, phrases and colloquialisms. Common words such as blotch and lullaby are there and technical words such as quodlibetical, algorism and cerumen distinctively Australian words such as digger, and phrases such as cabbage patcher, balls-up and flat out like a lizard drinking are included.

    8. Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus Online: Key Features Easy, comprehensive search of the dictionary, thesaurus or both Annual updates with over 1,000 new words. Words such as toxic debt, bromance, textaholic, guerilla gardener, lawfare, flashpacker were chosen in the Word of the Year 2008 Quarterly updates with new features and encyclopedic entries Audio pronunciations Drag & Drop download Newsletters with discussion of usage and new words Aussie Word of the Week Crossword resources Add-a-Word Australian Word Map, a joint Macquarie-ABC interactive website that is recording Australian regionalisms in one database Dictionary Wit

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    12. MacquarieNet www.macquarienet.com.au

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    14. MacquarieNet: Key Features MacquarieNet is Australia's online reference library for students, teachers and general users. MacquarieNet: delivers a unique blend of Australian and international references - books, daily ABC news feeds, dictionaries, encyclopedias, images, interactive resources - from one source specialises in the areas of Australian History, Geography, English, Society and Indigenous Studies offers international and national data with local level detail is designed by the team at Macquarie Dictionary and Macmillan Education the content is authoritative, contemporary and curriculum linked is easy-to-use with text or spatial search options to query the diversity of resources, language levels & perspectives allows users to publish online via WorkBook and SchoolMap

    15. MacquarieNet: Resources

    16. MacquarieNet: Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Peoples

    17. MacquarieNet: Manning Clark’s History of Australia

    18. MacquarieNet: ABC News Feeds

    19. MacquarieNet: Search

    20. MacquarieNet: Search

    21. MacquarieNet: What’s New

    22. MacquarieNet: Teacher & Student Resources

    23. MacquarieNet: WorkBook

    24. MacquarieNet: Interactive Maps

    25. MacquarieNet: Resources

    26. MacquarieNet: Explore Australia

    27. Explore Australia: Society

    28. Explore Australia: Census Data

    29. Explore Australia: Environment

    30. Explore Australia: National Heritage

    31. Explore Australia: Search Results

    32. MacquarieNet: IMAIA

    33. IMAIA: Tindale & Indigenous Population

    34. IMAIA: Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia

    35. Macquarie & ERA 2009

    36. Macquarie & ERA: Experience

    37. Macquarie & ERA: Success

    38. Thank You victoria.nash@macmillan.com.au

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