A 

Albury - All-bree 

Albany - If referring to WA town, AL-buh-nee. But mostly, it's pronounced awl·buh·nee 

Albeit - awl-bee-it, not al-bae-it

Archivist - AH-kuh-vist, not ah-KIGH-vist 

Asterisk - As-ter-risk, not as-ter-rix

AUKUS or Aukus - AW-kuss, not OW (like owl) -kuss

Aurora borealis - uh-RAW-ruh baw-ree-AY-luhs 

Austinmer - OST-uhn-meer (as in Rydalmere). 

B

Bellambi - buh-LAM-bee

Bonython, ACT / Port Bonython, SA - Bon-EYE-thon

Bulli - BULL-igh (not bully/bull-ee) 

C

Cakobau - Tha-KOM-bau

Candidate - kan-duh-duht not kan-dee-deit

Canowindra (town in NSW) Can-OUN-dra 

Caricature - ka·ruh·kuh·chuor.  Not ka-rick-cha or character-cha

Cillian (Irish actor, Cillian Murphy) - ki·lee·uhn

Cockburn (town in WA and SA) - CO-burn, not COCK-burn

Contribute - kuhn·TRI·byoot, not CON-tri-byoot

Corrimal - KO-ruh-mul

Cringila - krin-JIL-uh (as in 'cringe', not cring-ela)

D

de Minaur, Alex (Australian tennis player) - dim-uh-NAW (not DEE-muh-naw) 

E

El Nino - el-NIN-yoh (not el-NEE-noh) 

Epitome - uh·pi·tuh·mee 

F

Forster (town in NSW) - FOSS-ta, not FORS-ta

Faruqi, Mehreen - (Greens Senator) - muh-REEN fuh-ROOH-kee 

G 

Gallagher - ordinarily GAL-uh-guh. However, in the case of the Australian politician, Senator Katy Gallagher, the 'g' is silent. Therefore, GAL-uh-her.

Gerringong - JE-ring-gong (with a soft G).

GIF - jiff

Grievous - GREEV-uhs (not GREE-vee-uhs)

H

Heinous - hey-nuhs, not heen-ni-us 

Hyperbole - hai·PUR·buh·lee 

I

Incorporate -  In-KAW-puh-rate, not in-kawprut

Infrastructure - In-FRA-structure, not in-FA-structure

Itinerary - eye-tin-ah-ruh-ree

J

Jervis Bay - JUR-vuhs (UR as in 'fur') 

K

Kanahooka - KAN-uh-hook-uh 

K'Gari (the indigenous, official name for Fraser Island) - GAH-ree

L

Labasa - Lam-barsa

Li Keqiang  - LEE kur-CHIANG

Lake Cathie (NSW) - Cat-eye, not Cathy

Leipzig - LIPE-sig, not LEEPzig

M

Malediction - Ma-luh-DIK-shn

Mischievous - MIS-chuh-vus, not mis-CHEE-vee-us 

N

Nadi (Fijian city) - Nan-dee

Nee (ordinarily has accent above second 'e') - nei or nay, not like knee 

Nuclear - Nyoo-klee-ah, not Nyoo-kyuh-la

O

Ostensibly - oss-TEN-sib-lee, not oss-TEN-SIVE-lee 

P

Pago Pago (Capital of American Samoa) - Pango Pango

Particularly - ParticuLARLY,  not particuly.

Plethora - PLETH-uh-ruh not pleth-ORA 

Prigozhin, Yevgeny (Russian Oligarch and owner of Wagner Private Military Company) - yehv-GYEH-nee (the letter G has the same sound as in gear) pree-GOH-jeen (the letter J has the same sound as in Je suis, I am, in French).

Prime Minister - PriME Minister, not Pri-Minister

Pronunciation  - Pro-NUN-ciation, NOT, Pro-NOUN-ciation

Q

Qing Ming (Chinese festival of the dead) - Ching-ming

Quaggy - KWOG-ee

Qwamby - KWOM-bee

Quinoa - keen-waa, not kee-no-ah  or quin-no-ah

R

Recherche Bay-  (TAS) - RE-search

Rhetoric- pronounced RET-uh-ric 

S

Soutphommasane, Tim -  (Academic and former Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner) - Soot-pom-ma-sarn 

T

Thirlmere - THIRL-mere (rhymes with hurl)

Thirroul - thi-ROOHL

U

Urumqi "oo-ROOM-chee".

V

Vulnerable - VULN-er-able, not VUN-erable

W

Wairoa - wigh-ROH-uh

Wharaaki (also known as White Island in NZ)- Fa-RAR-key

Wangkatjungka (Aboriginal community in WA) - Won-ka-jon-ka

Were, JB (Stockbroker) - jay-bee-WEER

Woonona - Wuh-NOOH-nuh, not Wuh-NONA

X

Xi Jinping - Shee Jin-Ping

Y

Yevgeny Prigozhin - (Russian Oligarch and owner of Wagner Private Military Company) - yehv-GYEH-nee (the letter G has the same sound as in gear) pree-GOH-jeen (the letter J has the same sound as in Je suis, I am, in French).

Yosemite (National Park in the USA) - yuh-SEM-uh-tee, not Yo-sem-ite

Z

Zaire (was the name of a country that is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo) - zigh-EER

Zoology - ZOE-ol-ogee, not ZOO-ol-ogee