Mateship
Australian concept of solidarity and fraternity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Mating.
Mateship is an Australian cultural idiom that embodies equality, loyalty and friendship. Russel Ward, in The Australian Legend (1958), once saw the concept as central to the Australian people. Mateship derives from mate, meaning friend, commonly used in Australia as an amicable form of address.