Wombat (disambiguation)

Wombats (Latin: Vombatidae) are a family of Australian marsupials. Wombat or Wombats may also refer to:

Aviation

• Wombat Gyrocopters, a British autogyro manufacturer
  • Wombat Gyrocopters Wombat, a British autogyro design

People

• Ian Damon, an Australian/UK broadcaster, nicknamed "Wombat"
• Graham Eadie, an Australian rugby league player, nicknamed "Wombat"
• Jan Howard Finder, nicknamed "The Wombat"

Places

• Wombat, New South Wales, a small township in Australia
• Daylesford, Victoria, in Australia, earlier known as Wombat
• Tolmie, Victoria, in Australia, formerly called Wombat

Science and technology

• Wombat, a Humvee replica kit
• 6827 Wombat (1990 SN4), a main-belt asteroid
• WOMBAT (diffractometer), a high-intensity neutron powder diffractometer
• Wombat OS, a high-performance virtualized port of linux developed by National ICT Australia.

Other uses

• The Wombats, an indie rock band from Liverpool, England
• Project Wombat, the e-mail list formerly known as Stumpers-L; members of the list are known as "wombats"
• Wombat (TV series), an Australian children's television series
• Wombat Financial Software, a low latency market data business now acquired by NYSE Euronext and known as NYSE Technologies
• WOMBAT Situational Awareness and Stress Tolerance Test, a situation awareness or psychological assessment tool
• Wombat and Combat Wombat, 125cc motorcycles produced by Hodaka in the 1970s
• The Wombat, an Australian hip-hop artist

As an acronym

• L6 WOMBAT (Weapon Of Magnesium, Battalion, Anti-Tank), a British recoilless rifle
• Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time (Business Management) - refers to something not worth doing
• Waster Of Money, Brains, And Time (Computer Jargon) - unavoidable useless effort; also used like foo or bar as generic variable
• Women's Mountain Bike and Tea Society (WOMBATS), a cycling group founded by Jacquie Phelan