Australia 49

Listen to Australia 49, a 20-year-old woman from Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/06/2005

PLACE OF BIRTH: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Australian/Caucasian/White

OCCUPATION: retail

EDUCATION: high school, completed half a bachelor’s degree

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject has always lived in Queensland. She had been living in Brisbane for three years at the time of this recording.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

Her parents are from regional Queensland as well, and her family has lived in Australia since at least her grandparents on both sides.

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RECORDED BY: subject

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/11/2025

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

OK, so I’m going to talk about all the pet dogs that I’ve had in my life. So, the first one that I got: It was, it was when I was five years old. Um, I’d wanted a dog for like years before, and I kept begging my parents to get one, and I always said that I would call him Cracker, ’cause we were gonna eat, like, rice crackers together or something. But, um, I ended up calling him Biscuit, which isn’t too different if you think about it. Um, I had him — we had him for ten years; um, he was a — he was a Cavoodle. That’s the breed he was. Um, and like near the end of his life, we got another dog. His name’s Mikey. Um, still have him now. He’s five years old, and he’s a Moodle. And, yeah …

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/11/2025

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