| adjustable spanner (n) | crescent wrench, monkey wrench |
| ally (n) | aluminum |
| aluminium (n) (note second letter "i" in the last syllable) |
British/Australian pronunciation and spelling of aluminum (see text section on pronunciation differences) |
| balustrade (n) (pronounced bah-liz-trahd) |
Railing, hand rail, banister |
| blue metal (n) | granite gravel |
| bluestone (n) | granite "They walked over a bluestone bridge. |
| boilermaker, boilie (n) | person qualified to cut and fabricate metal, a welder |
| bore (n) | well (water) |
| brickie (n) | brick layer |
| brickie's cleavage (adj) | crack of a man's ass, visible when his pants slide too low |
| chippy (n) | carpenter |
| cladding (n) | siding (building materials) "The house has aluminium cladding." |
| demountable (n) | modular or temporary building, as at a school, mine site, etc. |
| display home (n) | model home (real estate) |
| display village (n) | model homes (real estate) |
| donga (n) | pre-fabricated cabin with few creature comforts Common accommodation on mine sites and trailer parks |
| dry hire (adj) | equipment rented without the operator |
| earth (n) | electrical ground "The negative wire was connected to earth." |
| earth leak circuit breaker (ELCB) (n) | ground fault interrupter Automatically shuts off the current if there's a short. |
| fibro (n) | asbestos board used in construction of old houses |
| fixings (n) | screws, nuts & bolts, nails |
| gypboard (n) | Sheetrock, gyprock wallboard made of gypsum |
| Hardie Board | asbestos board used in construction of old homes |
| Hardie Fence (n) | corrugated pressed fiber and cement boards used for fencing |
| lollypop man (n) | Person with the "stop" and "slow" signs, directing traffic at a road construction site. The signs are round and on a stick, like a large lollypop. |
| oregon, oregon pine (n) | light American pine wood used in furniture, panelling technically referring to Douglas Fir, grown as a crop in Australia |
| pavers (n) | exterior brick flooring |
| Perspex (n) | clear plastic panel: Lucite, acrylic, Plexiglas actual chemical name: polymethyl methacrylate |
| poly, poly pipe (n) | polyethylene pipe used in irrigation |
| rendered (adj) | plastered, as in house wall finishes |
| renos (v) | renovations |
| roofie (n) | roofer |
| sheety (n) | sheet metal worker |
| shifter (n) | wrench (tool) |
| spanner (n) | wrench (tool) |
| spares (n) | parts (machinery) |
| sparky (n) | electrician |
| S-pipe (n) | elbow pipe (plumbing) |
| spread (n) | plasterer |
| stumps (n) | The upright sticks in a cricket wicket, the posts that hold up a building |
| timber (n) | wood for construction "The house was built of timber and iron." |
| tradie (n) | tradesman (carpenter, bricklayer, etc.) |
| turps (n) | turpentine, also any hard liquor "He's on the turps." |
| undercroft (n) (adj) | split-level home: garage below, living areas above area under main floor of a building, with it's own entrance |
| undercroft parking (adj) | parking on ground level with living, working areas above |
| weatherboard (n) | a sheet or board made of fiber and cement or wood, used in home construction |
| weir (n) | dam "The Mundaring Weir created the C.Y. O'Connor Reservoir." |
| yonnie (n) | stone of useable size for building |