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Peter D. Jeans is an Australian who writes a column in The West Australian on the origin of words.
Because she's 17 and black (her father calls her a "ghetto Cinderella"), and because she's been hyped for years (she got a multimillion-dollar Reebok contract at 14), she overshadowed the new men's champion--Australian heartthrob Patrick Rafter--and women's champion Martina Hingis, who is a year younger than Williams and creamed her in the finals.
Rupert Murdoch's daily, the Australian, reported that Botany Bay, New South Wales, where Captain Cook landed in 1770 with the first white settlers from Britain, was to be renamed "to reflect its Aboriginal heritage."
From his commentary it is clear that Thirty-five, when compiling his glossary, had access to a number of books, including Partridge's Slang To-day and Yesterday and the 1945 edition of The Australian Language . His more expansive glosses focus primarily on lexicographical matters, including some etymological speculation.
On the site's "Conception" page, the world's oldest father is identified as Leslie Colley, a retired Australian mineworker who sired a son named Oswald in 1992.