Australian culture and customs

Indigenous heritage sites

Greeting in Australia

An Australia man nearly caused a quarantine of an entire police station in Brisbane when he brought in a greeting card he believed was laced with anthrax. However, the white powdery substance that was mailed to the man inside of the card turned out to actually be cocaine. A Queensland Police Service spokesman told ABC News that officers were ordered to evacuate the Boondall…

Customs procedures

This topic includes various subjects such as Certificate of Origin, Advance Rulings, NAFTA Claims, Verifications, Determinations, and Appeals to name a few. This information is gathered from a variety of Customs published documents. Advance Rulings An advance ruling is a written document received from the customs authority from a NAFTA country. It provides binding information…

Aboriginal Religion for Kids

Is there an Aboriginal religion? Aboriginal People do have a religion, but it is different from most other religions which mean believing in one single creator. Australian Aboriginal people don’t do that. They have their beliefs, very strong beliefs, but it’s more like spirituality than a religion. Dance performance. Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to buy Traditional…

What Is In Australia?

Many international students want to settle in Australia for good and fruitful career. Most students generally start their employment on temporary work visa, which only allows them to work for limited period. Some students find it difficult to get PR because their education and occupation is not appropriate to be eligible for PR. This can be very costly mistake as it is known…

Religious Groups in Australia

The Standard Edition of the CD-Rom, Australia’s Religious Communities: A Multimedia Exploration, has 28 religious groups on its menu. Among these, 16 are major Christian denominations, 6 other religious groups, 5 families of religions and no religion. Together, these covered the religious identity of approximate 17.4 million Australians and every group with more than 5, people…

Cultural Festivals in Australia

The biggest showcase of Indian culture to be held in Australia is being billed as an important way to foster collaboration and generate a reservoir of goodwill between the countries. The 10-week Confluence Festival will be held in seven major cities from August to November. Diverse dance, music and theatre from India will be showcased, as well as workshops on innovation, politics…

Australian Creative

Whiskas biggest campaign of the year (2009) was the relaunch of Whiskas Tasty Textures for cats, directed by James Holt. The LaB Sydney was asked to design and bring to life a believable 3D purple cat character – Whiskas’ first 3D mascot – and composite this realistically into two 30second TVCs with online collateral at The Cat Lounge (site no longer active). He’s warm and…

Australian Christmas decorations to make

All the joy of the season is here – hundreds of kids crafts, traditions and awesome recipes. Are your kids practically drowning in the amount of ‘stuff’ they own? Perhaps it’s time to change the way you do gift-giving this Christmas. Plan your Christmas decorations to wow everyone who comes to your home with these amazing Christmas decorating ideas, including Christmas tree…

Australian cultural heritage

Australian cultural material is an important part of Australia s heritage and national identity. We protect Australia’s unique cultural heritage from leaving the country and being lost to future generations of Australians. Cultural material may be considered significant for ethnological, historical, literary, artistic, scientific or technological reasons. Examples include Indigenous…