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Some Aussie words that made this American scratch his head and say, "Hunh?" (and their American translations).  I'll add more as I hear them.

AUSSIE WORD/PHRASE       AMERICAN TRANSLATION
 
boot                                        trunk (of a car)
 
loo                                          bathroom
 
cossie or swimmer               bathing suit
 
jumper                                   sweatshirt
 
Ocker                                     country hick/hillbilly (male)
 
Slag                                        country hick (female)
 
Hoon                                      adolescent grunger
 
Poof /Poofter                         fag/faggot
 
bugger!                                  darn it!
 
bugger off!                             get lost/get outta here!
 
buggered                                tired/bothered
 
bugger this!                            stuff it!
 
toot sweet                               quickly
 
by a bee's dick                        by a very small margin
 
doey                   a 'donut' made by a car spinning in circles
                           (usually by a Hoon)
 
car park                                   parking space
 
biscuit                                     cookie
 
rocket                                               leaf lettuce
 
How you going?                     How's it going?
 
tomato sauce                          ketchup
 
bloke                                        dude
 
fourty-fif                                  fourty-five or fourty-fiteen
 
to root                                    to have sexual intercourse    
 
hotel                                        bar or club 
 
spot on                                   right on
 
to be bailed up                      to be detained/held up
 
paddock                                 field
 
'a few kangaroos missing in the back paddock' - 'a few screws loose'