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Apr 27, 2003 | 9:47 pm
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JohnG
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Just taking a guess here but I think it may be connected to the slang "Aussie" i.e. a short form of "Australian".
"Aussie", after a few cans of Fosters and VB then evolved into "Ozzie" and hence "Australia" became know as "Oz"
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