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  Culture of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The early Indigenous Australian culture before European settlement of Australia, is evidenced in the oral traditions and lore of their descendents and the range of material artefacts, however precise detail in the western academic sense is not accessible.
Traditionally, Australians have viewed themselves as an egalitarian society, with a distrust of the rich and powerful; this is reflected by the status of the Eureka Stockade and the bushrangers within the Australian psyche.
Australians, according to myths, are relaxed, tolerant and easy-going and yet cling dearly to the fundamental importance of common-sense justice, or, to use the classic expression, a "fair go".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Australia   (3339 words)

  
 About Australian Aboriginal Culture - the world's longest continuous culture?
Australian Aboriginal culture can claim to be the oldest continuous living culture on the planet.
As populations declined and were fragmented, many unique linguistic and cultural traditions as well as valuable knowledge about the land and its fauna and flora were lost forever.
The current Australian Government has refused to make a formal apology over the 'Stolen Generation' (in contrast to President Clinton's apology for the historical wrong of fl slavery, and successive Australian Governments' demands for the Japanese to give a full apology for crimes committed during World War 2).
www.didjshop.com /shop1/AbCulturecart.html   (1087 words)

  
 Culture and the arts - Australia in brief - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australian choreographers and dancers such as Lucy Guerin, Gideon Obarzanek and Maggie Sietsma produce contemporary work that is finding new audiences through seasons at nightclubs and other unconventional venues; and physical theatre companies such as Legs on the Wall can be found performing on the exterior walls of buildings as well as inside them.
Australian music theatre is a unique blend of creativity and daring, and includes works such as The Boy from Oz, a recent hit on Broadway with Hugh Jackman.
Australian governments are committed to preserving and making widely accessible the nation’s cultural heritage—whether through tangible items such as paintings, books, oral histories or natural history specimens, or intangibles reflected in traditions and habits.
www.dfat.gov.au /aib/arts_culture.html   (2867 words)

  
 Quick guide to Australian culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Australian timbers are not straight and tend to warp and crack when dried.
Modern Australian chefs now have access to a range of ingredients that were denied chefs of generations past.
Australian women speak with what is known as a cultivated accent (like a university educated person from England.) No other English dialect has a significant difference between male and female pronunciation.
www.convictcreations.com /culture/australianculture.htm   (4709 words)

  
 Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Australian films have strong national and international audiences and leading Australian directors and actors are in international demand.
Australian writing has moved from the rural worker and outback themes of the last century through to social comment and analysis of urban and multicultural life with new dimensions being added by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and by writers with migrant backgrounds.
Australian fiction and non-fiction works increasingly reflect a growing awareness of Asia-Pacific cultures and of the mutuality of the interests shared by the countries of the region.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/about_destin/culture.asp   (1525 words)

  
 Culture in Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Adaptable and creative, with simple but highly efficient technology, Indigenous Australians had complex social systems and highly developed traditions reflecting their deep connection with the land and environment.
Australian literature, art, and folklore is significantly about stories of settlers hardships on the land, bushrangers that roamed the countryside stealing, squatters who searched for new land to settle and farm, sheep sheerers, and miners hoping to strike it rich.
These examples of Australian expression have one common theme, they are all stories of hardships, of ordinary poor people searching for something more from life.
www.inaustralia.com.au /Info/Culture.htm   (515 words)

  
 Australian Aborigines Land and Cultures - Aboriginal Art Online
Traditionally it was made for purely cultural reasons and was only able to be created or viewed by people initiated to the proper level of knowledge.
Music is a powerful part of Aboriginal culture and is part of everyday life as well as being a vital part of sacred ceremonies.
Contemporary Aboriginal culture is also rich in music and there are exciting blends of Western and traditional sounds across a variety of styles, ranging from didjeridu music to the contemporary popular sounds of Archie Roach or Yothu Yindi.
www.aboriginalartonline.com /culture/culture.html   (677 words)

  
 Australian Culture — Authentic Australian Products — Aboriginal Artifacts
Australian fashion generally follows Western styles of dress, but is distinctive for the lightweight, colorful casual wear that reflects the absence of harsh winters.
A variety of Australian sheepskin boot companies established representatives in the U.S. to show off their sheepskin boots and slippers and try to build a market with their Uggs.
While the Australian economy fell into a severe recession in the late 1980s and suffered from the Asian economic slump of the mid-1990s, it had largely recovered by the late 1990s, although unemployment remained high.
australian.lifetips.com   (1946 words)

  
 The Fight for Australian Culture
The fight for Australian culture is surely part of the struggle to free Australia from foreign influence, infiltration, and control (politically, legally, economically, and culturally).
The Australian Nativist is, by necessity, an Australian Nationalist.
Australian Nativists are keeping alive the ideals of last century's struggles: Eureka, Lambing Flat, the Queensland Shearers' Strike, etc. The blood then spilt consecrated and fixed for evermore the national destiny of Australia.
home.alphalink.com.au /~eureka/cult.htm   (8487 words)

  
 Australian Culture
Australia was one of the main migration destinations of the second half of the 20th century: since 1945, immigration has almost doubled the Australian population.
Most of the population of Australia is of European descent and Australian aborigines account for less than 1% of the total population.
The vast majority lives in the ten largest cities, and the bulk of the population is located in the southeastern corner.
www.virtualoceania.net /australia/photos/culture   (230 words)

  
 Mateship
As distinctive Australians having those great qualities of classless-ness and mateship and fairness which have been the hallmark of Australians through all experiences and all generations.
His own theory is because an Australian male is driven to his mates as they are privately manipulated and motivated by their wives, and seek men out to 'air those unrealised fantasies of manhood which the domestic rut at home has now made impossible'.
Mateship survives, in the face of all cultural onslaught, at all levels of Australian male society, from railee to Prime Minister.
www.australianbeers.com /culture/mateship.htm   (2824 words)

  
 Australian culture
Australians on the other hand can pride themselves on feeling that Australia is a force to be reckoned with in the world (I think it's a funny prospect when I hear it though).
Australian Culture is still very much what it used to be 30 years ago.
Australian love their car and they like fast cars despite the fact that you cannot speed anywhere.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /eblah/b-newsissues/m-1129203456   (1714 words)

  
 soc.culture.australian FAQ (Part 1 of 6) (monthly posting)
It is devoted to the discussion of all aspects of Australian culture.
A child under 18 years of age loses Australian citizenship if his/her responsible parent or guardian ceases to be an Australian citizen, and o he/she possesses another citizenship at the time, and o his/her other responsible parent is not an Australian citizen at the time.
Should you lose Australian citizenship before your 18th birthday, as a result of a responsible parent ceasing to be an Australian citizen, you can, within one year after your 18th birthday (or later if special circumstances apply), make a declaration that you wish to resume Australian citizenship on the date the declaration is registered.
www.faqs.org /faqs/australian-faq/part1   (9816 words)

  
 A robust Australian culture has nothing to fear from America - On Line Opinion - 3/7/2003
This claim of "cultural genocide" and the fear of a one-way flow of culture, reveals something of the adolescent in Australia's cultural life.
It is little wonder that such people fear American culture; like a junta of reactionaries they fear outside influence and a dilution of their status.
To "save" Australian culture some writers need only write a critique of republicanism, or a defence of Windschuttle, or perhaps an ode to George Bush; this will show we are both grown up and sure of who we are.
www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=438   (1395 words)

  
 Australia Now - Australian Culture and the Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Australian choreographers and dancers such as Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek produce cutting-edge work that is finding new audiences through seasons at nightclubs and other unconventional venues, and physical theatre companies such as Legs on the Wall can be found performing on the exterior walls of buildings as well as inside them.
Australian literature is one of the most vital branches of contemporary English language writing.
The Australian Government's direct support for the arts and cultural facilities and services is $440 million per year (including about $72 million per year in direct support for artists through its principal arts funding and advisory body, the Australia Council).
www.dfat.gov.au /facts/culture_arts.html   (1076 words)

  
 ausculture: In search of Australian snow culture
Amongst my childhood memories of 1989 there are some songs I can't stand (Collette "Ring my Bell" and anything by the Proclaimers comes to mind), some rather good trashy music by Transvision Vamp, a horribly bad duet by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan and a first encounter with the Snowy Mountains of Australia.
That Pat Rafter be voted Australian of the year in 2002 and seems to be well-recognised and well-liked well after his retirement as a tennis player should give some weight to such an argument.
That this is the essence of the Australian snow experience is an alluring prospect.
www.ausculture.com /2004/08/21/in_search_of_au   (1472 words)

  
 Undergraduate Studies : The Australian Centre : The University of Melbourne
The Australian Centre co-ordinates subjects contributing to the major sequence in Australian Studies for undergraduate students at the University.
The Australian Studies program allows students to integrate analyses of Australian culture and society from across disciplines and to apply different methodological and theoretical approaches to the ways in which ideas of identity and tradition have been communicated.
A major in Australian Studies usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points (refer to the University Handbook).
www.australian.unimelb.edu.au /undergraduate/index.html   (430 words)

  
 Australia Day and General Australia Crafts
To be honest, I'm not sure what "Australian crafts" I've made will be the best for Australia Day (it's hard to truly get the flavour of a holiday from books).
If any Australian viewers have thoughts on "best crafts" to recommend for the day, please let me know know and I'll make note of them on this page.
Australians have a national holiday called Australia Day every January 26th to remember their origins and celebrate their achievements.
www.dltk-kids.com /world/australia   (256 words)

  
 CSU Guide to Australia - Culture
Australian Women's Art Register is an archive and repository of slides, published material and other written sources, both old and new, documenting Australian women artists, their art practice, their images and their writings.
Australian organisation devoted to preserving the cultural integrity of the didgeridoo.
New Acropolis Cultural Association is a non-profit organization whose mission is to revive Philosophy in the Classical Tradition.
www.csu.edu.au /australia/culture.html   (2864 words)

  
 Australian music and Australian super models   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Australian culture is certainly visible in its music.
So our first contributions are music pages about Johnny O'Keefe, the first star of Australian Rock and Roll, and the Skyhooks, a band that became an Australian icon since their success in the mid seventies.
Other Australian groups that have become more famous outside Australia are Savage Garden, the Bee Gees and Yothu Yindu.
www.roughoat.com /downunder/culture.htm   (253 words)

  
 A (Sometimes) Brave New Australian Culture
The images, sounds and words that constitute the canon of Australian identity are now available on a platter for every school child to enjoy, just by switching on their computer.
Our path through conventional cultural architecture is inevitably structured, even if we resist it, by the necessary occupation of physical space (a path through a gallery, chapter order or visual sequence).
While it is too early to judge its success as a cultural forum (and the motivation of Australians to take advantage of the opportunity), the initial list of ACN-funded projects provides some measure of its worth.
www.kitezh.com /texts/auscd.htm   (1638 words)

  
 Toxic Custard Guide To Australia - Culture
ANZAC is an acronym standing for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and the day commemorates the landing of ANZAC forces at Gallipoli in Turkey on this day in 1915.
The vast majority of Australians (at least in the cities, and heck, that's where the vast majority of Australians live) don't leave the house without some kind of footwear on.
For that authentic Australian suburban feel, cook snags (sausages) on it, put them in a slice of bread with some sauce (tomato ketchup) and/or bits of onion and charge a dollar each.
www.toxiccustard.com /australia/culture.html   (3295 words)

  
 Didgeridoos — Didjeridus - Didjerdoos
We have been serious supporters of Aboriginal culture since beginning to play didgeridoo in 1986 and supporters of Aboriginal communities, individuals and touring artists and performers since we started importing didgeridoos and other aboriginal products to the US in 1989.
As an integral part of Australian Aboriginal cultures, didgeridoos (didjeridu, didjeridoo, yidaki, or didge, depending on your vernacular) are remarkable aboriginal instruments, at once mysterious, uplifting, calming and haunting.
If you have an Australian music and culture buff in your life (or are one yourself) the aboriginal didgeridoo makes a creative and meaningful gift that will bring sound and spirit to both player and listener for years to come.
www.australianoriginals.com /docs/products.cfm?SubCatalog=133   (340 words)

  
 CultureĀ 
While it's obvious Australians love their sport, they also have a quiet love affair with the arts.
A highlight of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Fannie Bay is the Aboriginal art collection, with carvings and bark paintings from the Tiwi Islands and Arnhem Land.
The last census reported that 23% of the population is foreign-born, and over 40% of Australians are of mixed cultural origins.
www.studyinaustralia.gov.au /Sia/en/LivingInAustralia/Culture.htm   (635 words)

  
 QUT | Library | Indigenous Australian Culture
Reference sources are a good starting point for any assignment topic, as they can help to clarify concepts and keywords, as well as provide an overview of a topic.
Australian cultural history and Australian Aboriginal studies are two major journals in Indigenous Australian studies.
There are also other pathfinders in citing information (both in APA and Harvard format), and how to find standards in your research area.
www.library.qut.edu.au /subjectpath/indigenous_aust.jsp   (939 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Australian culture
Goal of the ATMHN is to improve the quality and accessibility of mental health services available to Australia's Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) communities through the establishment of a national agenda in transcultural mental health research; professional and community education and service development; and the provision of a national information and clearinghouse service.
Includes a cultural website finder, which offers a directory of archives, festivals, film and video, galleries, government, indigenous heritage, libraries, literature, museums, music, natural heritage, magazines, performing arts, radio and television, science and sport resources.
Words specific to Australian language and culture are defined in a glossary for each story.
bubl.ac.uk /link/a/australianculture.htm   (645 words)

  
 The Encyclopædia of South Australian Culture: index
Many Australians believe that Queenslanders and Tasmanians are somehow quite strange and peculiar people, and I tend to agree.
Yet the peculiarities of the average South Australian are typically overlooked and remain largely unrecognised.
Yet South Australia is a festering petri dish of weirdness that, every so often, overflows and unleashes its rampant perversity on the rest of the country.
saculture.com   (224 words)

  
 English Teaching Resources, Australia. Please link to main page: www.QuistInfo.dk
The Australian flag is composed of Union Jack and six white stars on a blue background.
The Union Jack is a part of the flag due to the fact that Australia is a former British colony and is still a member of the Commonwealth.
It represents the Federation of the Australian colonies in 1901.
hjem.get2net.dk /niels_quist/austral.htm   (437 words)

  
 The huge divide between Somalian and Australian culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
With the networks we established, we were able to learn a great deal about the culture and religion of the Somalis.
We realised that the presenting cultural issues necessitated a change in our approach with the Somali community.
Given that it was very difficult to provide information directly, we decided that the most effective means would be to provide this education to the community workers so that they are aware of the mental health system and would be in a better position to pass this information on.
www.australian-news.com.au /Somali_culture.htm   (647 words)

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