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golden perch: Caught some yellow bellies in the dam.

Contributor's comments: This term is widely used for the same fish in the Murray River NSW/VIC.

Contributor's comments: Yellow Belly for Golden Perch I would have thought to be common throughout at least Eastern Australia. I fish for Yellowbelly in dams and rivers in NSW.

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the red wattlebird, which has a yellow tinted belly.
Contributor's comments: The term "Yellow Belly" is regularly used by local (Melbourne) birdos to refer to the Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)

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a fifty dollar note.
Contributor's comments: The $20 note was also called a "redback" and the fifty a "Yellowbelly".