Check your Macquarie Dictionary
... which is renowned amongst the English pedants as having many errors.
We also make other common errors in Aus that go uncorrected, such as the incorrect spelling of pedophile, it is actually paedophile.
We spell maroon correctly, but for some unknown reason reason pronounce it marone, which is unique as far as I know.
One point I must make is just because a lot of people do something some particular way, does not make it correct.