Sue, a demountable is a prefabricated room that is dropped onto a site by truck. A lot of schools use them as classrooms.

I suppose the nearest equivalent would be the American 'trailer', which is something totally different here..

Roos: a "temporary" school building made from aluminium

Love the use of the inverted commas, Roos ... I know at my old INFANTS school there are ones still there from when I was there.

That is a Portacabin!

http://www.portakabin.co.uk/news/newstwo/

I've never heard of fritz but if it's the same as devon then down here in Tassie we call it belgium! I remember being taught at school that it used to have a German name that was changed during the first world war - but I can't remember what ...maybe just German sausage.

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I just found this site. It says that it's also called belgium in New Zealand, and was also called belgium in Queensland in the 1920's, but that it was something different to fritz there.
Someone needs to write a definitive history of processed meat in Australia.

lol Wajo!

I've just been having a look through that site and found that Peanut Butter isn't (probably wasn't is more the case) that in Queensland - Peanut paste there.

One that annoys me because I think it sounds wrong, although perfectly normal to people in Broken Hill is people saying "where's that to?" instead of "where is that?"

In Sydney we do have a cold meat called "Berliner". Similar to Devon but perhaps a bit tastier and smoother and a slightly smaller knob. There is no double entente intended btw.

Never called it anything else but don`t blame Queenslanders Leau it was actually first called peanut paste by Sir Joe Bjelke-Peterson and is one of his word gaffs that actually took hold and became part of Queenslands vocab.

Was that the meat paste for sandwiches that came in little tins (with plastic lids maybe)?? If so I remember it ...and have never forgiven my mum. Actually I've never forgiven my mum for any of the horrible stuff she used to put in our lunchboxes.

Eraser I do prefer Berliner, it`s just so refined tasting compared to Devon though my wife does buy a nice fresh Devon at some shop in the Hurstville train station building. Pecks Paste is a fish spread for those not in the know. I buy it once a month in a tiny jar and absolutely savour it spread on toast, it`s like a special treat for me when I get back from shopping for the groceries. My wife cannot stay in the same room as me whilst I`m eating it.

Wajo I know the little tins you are refering to but haven`t seen any in a while though I do know that Pecks still makes the chicken/ham etc spreads.

Ok, let's get a few things straight here.

Devon is devon, a sort of luncheon sausage. It is different to Berliner, which is spicier. Back in the day (when I was a kid), you could get devon, luncheon, or silverside as your sandwich meats at the local deli.
Peck's paste has always come in little jars, and is a fishy type spread. The slogan was 'a little Pecks goes a long way'. Now they've branched out a little and have Salmon and Lobster paste as well. Whenever I stay at Mum's, I always have Peck's on my breakfast toast (along with a cup of Bonox!).
And now, the biggie. Peanut Paste is Peanut Paste, not peanut butter. All you people south of the border have been sub-consciously indoctrinated by too many US TV shows. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen did NOT introduce the term, because he became Premier of Queensland in 1968, and it was used well and truly before that (I was here. I know!). As a final testimony, I refer to the most recognisable marketer of Peanut Paste, Eta. Thet have sold it for at least 1000 years, and the jar has read, until recently, 'Peanut Paste'. Somehow I don't think that they would have one label for Queensland, and another for the rest of Australia!
I rest my case, your honour.

God, haven't heard of Peck's Paste for years! Bet I still wouldn't like it though ...

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Seriously ... never heard of peanut paste! We only have peanut butter and the main brand is Kraft - 'Never oily, never dry'. My son eats about a jar a day

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Pecks Paste Bottles . I have a number of those older bottles and didn`t know they were Pecks Paste bottles.

I bet Greg in Roos' photo is a barrel of laughs. Who collects Peck's Paste Bottles? Although I do have a nice collection of mostly Beer bottles here and there.

Well, all the years I was growing up here in Perth (decades ago), it was called peanut paste. I seriously doubt that Joh Bjelke-Petersen had anything to do with that. It is only in recent years that it has become peanut butter here.

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Lol. I seriously doubt that Mark or MG would buy a slightly used Opera House from me.

Well, I should have known better, shouldn't I?!

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Somehow I don't think that they would have one label for Queensland, and another for the rest of Australia!
I rest my case, your honour.

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I have never heard of peanut paste either, it's peanut butter here including the Eta brand.

The great peanut paste/butter question is further complicated by this picture . That is an old Eta Peanut Butter jar with the weight in imperial measurement.

I was about 10 when my family moved from the Western subs of Sydney to live in Brisbane. I remember my brother's and I coming home from school to tell our mother how weird these Brisbane kids talked. They called swimmers- togs,(my Xhusband who was born & raised in Brisbane called them "trunks") The Brissie kids called peanut butter- peanut paste--we really laughed at that one, they called devon- sausage meat. The school canteen was called the "tuck shop" boy we laughed at that too. There were more. But now, my kids call their swimwear- togs, devon is called cold meat- don't remember how that one came about. Peanut butter is still peanut butter I refuse to call it the other. Not only the different names but also the pronunciations of certain words-- Newcastle was pronounced as, say an American would. Bag as in school bag was bage -sounds like- vague,? I've found some school mates of my kids have said bage, but not many. Wish I could remember some more..