Note 21 — Chapter XVI · BANANA-LAND

In reference to the vast amount of sand in West Australia, the West Australians are called “Sand-gropers.” Life was hard in early South Australia, and hence the South Australians remain “Crow-eaters”: Victorians, proud of their giant gum trees in Gippsland, are called “Gum-suckers,” and only the New South Wales people are genuine “Cornstalks.”