yeah nar
too many flies at the barbie
....well bonza has been around forever, but not so much used around my lot, think might have been more sydney or ....
https://craighill.net/2008/08/01/origins-of-bonza/
spanish / american origins?
other references to Japanese
https://www.***.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-birth-of-bonza-there-s-a-marble-a-head-and-some-kiwi-kids-20201207-p56l7m.html
and this the more likely.
"The word entered the Australian vernacular during the 1856 Gold Rush.
A subtantial number of Chinese (from Canton, specifically) came to
Australia in search of gold and acquired a reputation for being good
at finding it. English speaking people quickly learned to listen for
the chinese exclaiming "bong sar" as it meant a good discovery."
then media gets a hold of things like this and tries to normalise it as aussie...
seems not so much oz any more, still had charactre to the world even if we come from the chinese or french spanish , mexican...not so keen of the american example and passing it onto us sheep
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