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DICTIONARY

A.T.S.I./Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent	Family or ancestors are Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
Academic	To do with higher education at a college, university, or academy.
Achieved	Succeeded/gained/reached
Allergy	Sensitive reaction to a substance or food.
Birth date/Date of birth/D.O.B.	When you were born
Block letters/Capital letters/ Upper case	The way a letter is written at the beginning of a sentence or a person’s name
Business/Work/W. address	The number of the building, name of the street and the town where you work.
Business/Work/W. phone	The telephone number where you work
Casual (employment)	Employed in a specified capacity from time to time
Christian name	The name your parents chose for you (from the Christian religion)
Citizenship or Nationality	The country you legally belong to by birth or naturalisation, for example Australian/New Zealand/ Permanent Residence Visa/Full-fee Student Visa/Other Temporary Resident.
Completion	The finish or end of something
Convicted	Found or proved guilty
Country of birth	The country where you were born.
D/m/y	Day/month/year
Date of arrival/DOA	The day you came to Australia
Defacto	Living as husband and wife but not married
Dependent	A person who relies on you for financial support
Disability	Any physical or mental condition that affects your life
Divorced	The marriage is legally ended
Dr.	Abbreviation for doctor (medical or academic)
Duties	Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
E-mail	Electronic mail address
Educational background	Information or history of your education
Employer	The person or organisation you work for
Employment	The occupation for which you are paid
Enrolment	To register or enlist.
Female/F.	Female - can have babies
Family name/Last name/Surname	The name you share with the rest of your family
Facsimile/Fax	The number of a facsimile/fax to send messages to you, often the same as your telephone number
First name/Given name	The name your parents chose for you
Form	A piece of paper with questions for you to answer.
Formal schooling	Compulsory or standard education – primary and high/secondary school
Former name	The family name before it was changed
Full time/FT (employment)	Employed for the normal or standard hours.
Gender	Male or female sex
Guardian	Someone who protects or looks after a child like a parent.
Highest level	The maximum level (of education)
Home/Residential address	The number of the building, name of the street and the town where you live
Initial	The first letter of your given name, always a capital letter.
Language spoken at home	The language other than English that you speak at home.
Male/M.	Male - cannot have babies
Maiden name	The female’s family name before she is married
Marital status	Relating to if you are married or single
Married	Legally husband and wife
Medical condition	A health problem requiring medical treatment.
Medication	Something that treats or prevents or helps the symptoms of disease
Miss	Title used before the family name of a girl or unmarried woman
Mr	Title used before the family name of a boy or man
Mrs	Title used before a married woman’s family name
Ms	Title used before a woman’s family name. It does not specify if she is married or not.
Mother tongue	The first language you learned as a child.
Not applicable or N/A	It doesn’t apply to you
Naturalisation	When a foreigner is granted citizenship
Next of kin	The person who is your closest adult relative.
No.	Abbreviation for number
Occupation	What job you do
Other	Any not listed
Other given names	Names that your parents chose for you other than the one you usually use
Part-time/PT (employment)	Employed for less than the normal or standard hours.
Permanent resident	A person who will live in Australia for the rest of their life
Phone or Tel.	Abbreviation for telephone number
Postal address	Where you want your mail sent
Postcode or P/code	Numbers at the end of your address to help the post office sort the mail
Print	Write in letters that are not joined together
Qualification	Certificate, Diploma, Degree etc.
Referee	Someone who professionally evaluates a colleague's work
Relationship	Family relationship
Resident	A person who lives there
Separated	A married couple not living together
Sex	Female or male gender. People are divided according to if they can have babies
Signature	Your name written in your own handwriting – in English.
Single	Not married
Spouse	The person you married.
Temporary resident	Not permanently living in Australia
Tertiary education	Education after high/secondary school
Title	Used before a person’s name to show their rank or status.
Visa	An formal approval made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
Widowed	The husband or wife has died
Witness	A person who proves the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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