sandgroper noun a person from the state of Western Australia AUSTRALIA,1896 Western Australia has vast tracts of desert.
I learnt later–in Sydney–that West Australians are called “sandgropers”, and South Australians are “crow-eaters”. — John O’Grady, It’sYourShout,Mate!, p. 28, 1972
— Arthur Chipper, TheAussieSwearer’sGuide, p. 68, 1972