Words used by KILGARIFF, Bernard during the 1970s
| Words | Number of uses |
|---|---|
| territory | 1915 |
| northern | 1708 |
| people | 1694 |
| government | 1139 |
| aboriginal | 1120 |
| minister | 1071 |
| australia | 964 |
| one | 594 |
| many | 589 |
| would | 561 |
| senator | 547 |
| land | 480 |
| situation | 476 |
| australian | 471 |
| years | 424 |
| 1 | 410 |
| said | 383 |
| made | 367 |
| time | 353 |
| last | 318 |
| darwin | 318 |
| mr | 317 |
| think | 309 |
| say | 306 |
| honourable | 302 |
| representing | 289 |
| question | 283 |
| matter | 267 |
| also | 265 |
| federal | 258 |
| fact | 256 |
| committee | 255 |
| senate | 254 |
| uranium | 254 |
| see | 253 |
| believe | 248 |
| development | 247 |
| year | 245 |
| area | 241 |
| report | 237 |
| legislation | 235 |
| present | 235 |
| service | 227 |
| department | 223 |
| must | 222 |
| could | 221 |
| north | 217 |
| much | 216 |
| industry | 216 |
| per | 216 |
| asked | 215 |
| affairs | 214 |
| future | 212 |
| taken | 207 |
| national | 207 |
| upon | 201 |
| mining | 201 |
| springs | 198 |
| outback | 198 |
| may | 198 |
| various | 197 |
| money | 196 |
| work | 191 |
| areas | 191 |
| public | 190 |
| south | 185 |
| come | 185 |
| take | 184 |
| place | 183 |
| today | 179 |
| within | 178 |
| action | 174 |
| legislative | 174 |
| labor | 174 |
| country | 173 |
| alice | 173 |
| given | 172 |
| cent | 171 |
| two | 171 |
| done | 170 |
| parliament | 169 |
| cattle | 168 |
| refer | 165 |
| way | 165 |
| direct | 164 |
| health | 164 |
| first | 163 |
| person | 162 |
| financial | 161 |
| notice | 159 |
| bill | 159 |
| commonwealth | 158 |
| new | 158 |
| indicated | 157 |
| members | 157 |
| education | 156 |
| go | 155 |
| bring | 154 |
| commission | 154 |
| make | 154 |
| states | 152 |
| whether | 151 |
| line | 149 |
| senators | 147 |
| ago | 147 |
| wish | 144 |
| know | 141 |
| part | 140 |
| suggest | 140 |
| assembly | 139 |
| transport | 137 |
| like | 135 |
| problems | 135 |
| community | 135 |
| regard | 134 |
| system | 133 |
| particularly | 132 |
| well | 131 |
| point | 131 |
| ensure | 131 |
| council | 130 |
| little | 129 |
| perhaps | 129 |
| good | 127 |
| party | 126 |
| course | 125 |
| assistance | 125 |
| look | 125 |
| quite | 124 |
| going | 124 |
| defence | 124 |
| construction | 123 |
| give | 123 |
| back | 123 |
| days | 123 |
| us | 122 |
| scheme | 122 |
| state | 122 |
| rights | 121 |
| cost | 116 |
| timor | 116 |
| debate | 114 |
| 2 | 113 |
| put | 113 |
| statement | 112 |
| read | 111 |
| support | 108 |
| view | 108 |
| brought | 106 |
| president | 106 |
| railway | 106 |
| petition | 105 |
| however | 105 |
| act | 103 |
| available | 103 |
| particular | 102 |
| following | 101 |
| housing | 101 |
| get | 101 |
| world | 100 |
| position | 100 |
| since | 98 |
| budget | 97 |
| speak | 96 |
| number | 94 |
| problem | 93 |
| carried | 93 |
| considerable | 92 |
| amount | 92 |
| countries | 92 |
| proposed | 92 |
| far | 92 |
| provide | 91 |
| interest | 91 |
| services | 90 |
| timorese | 90 |
| let | 88 |
| continue | 88 |
| facilities | 88 |
| period | 88 |
| control | 87 |
| result | 86 |
| costs | 86 |
| mind | 86 |
| three | 86 |
| leave | 85 |
| order | 85 |
| things | 84 |
| received | 84 |
| living | 84 |
| children | 84 |
| rate | 84 |
| life | 83 |
| live | 83 |
| forward | 83 |
| day | 83 |
| small | 82 |
| board | 82 |
| ask | 82 |
| staff | 82 |