National specifics of Australia in the early 20th century in Thomas Keneally's novel “The chant of Jimmy Blacksmith”

The article deals with linguistic expressions in Thomas Keneally’s novel “The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith”, which are designed to reflect the national specifics of Australia in the early 20th century. The lexicon of the novel discloses political identity, floral and animalistic realia describe flora and fauna, connotative realia reflect natural and geographic features. Linguistic expressions help to reveal the peculiarities of Abostralian life.