Australovenator is an extinct genus of derived theropod dinosaur from the from the Late Albian of the Cretaceous of Australia. It was described in the online journal PLoS ONE in 2009. The species is named in 2009 by the Australian palaeontologist and museum curator Scott Hocknull. The generic name means "southern hunter" in Latin, a reference to where Australia and the fact that it is a theropod. The specific epithet refers to the fossil formation it was discovered in, the Winton Formation. The species was informally named "Banjo" by Banjo Paterson, author of the Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda.