
George
The first time I heard "ol mate" was the copper who turned up at Wongulla after the altercation with the jetty owner, I'd never heard the term before then. The first country pub trip in Tassie was a bit of a worry, the first greeting referred to me as "cock" the look on my face must have triggered someone to translate that "cock" meant mate and "ol cock" meant a bloke you'd known for some time .... a local was someone who's great grand parents were married in he town and the line the "local" descended from had never lived outside the area is wandered far from the area when on holidays. A "get-about" was someone who had been to 'obart bit lived on the west coast.