Australian culture and customs

Australia Day traditions

Christmas in Summer

Australian Festivals and celebrations

Australian Customs GST refund

Australian Aboriginal nations

Where to go for Christmas dinner?

Australian Lifestyle

We’re more consumerist than any generation before us The research tells us we’re more consumerist than any generation before, placing more value on lifestyle characteristics, such as the latest technology and entertainment, than our parents did. Half of respondents place more value on having the latest technology than their parents, 45% place more value than their parents on…

New Year in Australia

Many Australians annually celebrate New Year’s Eve with parties, music and other forms of entertainment on December 31. New Year’s Eve is the day before New Year’s Day in the Gregorian calendar, which is used by many Australians. New Year s Eve events in Australia include masquerade balls or parties.New Year s Eve events in Australia include masquerade balls or What Do People…

Australian traditions list

The immense rock formation of Uluru and rock domes of Kata Tjuta are remarkable geological and landform features set on a sand plain. They have special significance to the Anangu people as their Tjurkurpa (traditional law). Uluru is a huge, rounded, red sandstone monolith 9.4 kilometres in circumference rising to over 340 metres above the plain. Rock art in the caves around…

Where to go for Xmas dinner?

A pack of smelly hound dogs ravaged your house and eaten your dinner à la A Christmas Story ? Never fear, we’ve rounded up a dozen Seattle restaurants acting as savior by hosting Christmas Eve or Christmas Day dinner at their place. Head to any of these Seattle restaurants on Christmas 2015 for feasts of fishes, lamb, Dungeness crab and more. Enjoy a three-course Christmas…

Indigenous Australians facts

The first attempt at genocide lasted for more than 100 years. Dr. Gideon Polya, a scientist, artist, writer and pro-peace advocate, wrote that roughly 123 years after the arrival of the British, the Black “Indigenous Aboriginal population dropped from about 1 million to 0.1 million in the first century after invasion in 1788.” By 1911, 90 percent of the population had been…

Australian Language and culture

Improve your English while learning about Australian society and culture at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) — Sydney’s city university. Spend one or two sessions developing your critical reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in English in an exciting environment. During the course you’ll investigate Australian society and culture, workplaces, the media…

Christmas in the Summer

Being a dedicated Scotch whisky drinker, I normally don’t do that well in summer. Traditionally, Scotch whisky is associated with cooler weather, and the past month here in London has not provided me with a suitable environment to sit around in a comfortable armchair with a dram, unless I’ve had a large fan pointed at my face. However, Scotch whisky is much more versatile than…

Describe Australian culture

Australia is a unique country and the Australian culture has grown from its isolation, a convict past, the original Aboriginal inhabitants, the Anzac legend and a large immigration program after world war 2, which has made it one of the greatest multicultural nations in the world. We are essentially a Western culture with a democratic system of government mainly based on the…

Traditional Pendant lights Australia

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Native population of Australia

THE massive gulf in living standards between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians has long been one of the country’s great shames. After much pressure from activists, governments have channelled increasing amounts of money and political will in an effort to “close the gap”. But a new report released on February 10th acts as a depressing record of the past eight years of…

Australians celebrate Christmas

Since Australian Christmas occurs in summer, holly and mistletoe are generally passed over in favor of a local plant called the Christmas bush. The plant has green leaves and cream-colored flowers that turn red in the summer heat, usually changing around the week of Christmas. Caroling is also very popular in Australia due to the improved weather. Carols by Candlelight is a…

Why are Australians so rude?

Why do so many countries assume Aussies are rude? Here are some shameful comments from people who just do not understand the Aussie ways and the great Aussie humour. Australian are very rude and have very little culture. They are blunt and arrogant because they have no concept of decorum. You will never be apart of their group if you don’t swear, drink, fart, go for a football…

Australian Customs honey

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What is the Australian identity?

OFFICIAL IDENTITY DISCS During the First World War there were three types of identity discs issued to those serving in the Australian Imperial Force [AIF]. Those serving in the Royal Australian Navy were not issued with identity discs (excluding members of the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, who do appear to have been issued with official identity discs), although some…