Culture Of Australia
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Australian Sports culture
Women had a higher rate of attendance at cultural venues and events than men (88% compared with 83%). However, going to watch a sporting event, whether it be the local hockey club grand final or something on a larger scale like the AFL, was more popular with men (49%) than with women (37%). SPORTS PARTICIPANTS…
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Cultural events in Australia
During the 12 months before interview in 2013-14, 15.9 million or 86% of the Australian population aged 15 years and over attended at least one of the cultural venues or events asked about in the survey. The attendance rate in 2009-10 was also 86%. The highest attendance rates were at cinemas (66%), botanic gardens (37%), libraries (34%) and zoological parks and aquariums (34%)…
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What cultures are in Australia?
Australians of today are deeply concerned about environment issues like global warming. Surviving on this land for more than 60, years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders established effective ways to use and sustain resources. One important aspect is the right of certain people to control the use of resources in a particular area. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
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Typical Australian culture
Polixeni Papapetrou, The Wimmera 1864 #1, from Haunted Country, 2006, pigment print. Polixeni Papapetrou. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia, 2007. What is it about the bush that is so special to Australians? The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting…
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Facts about Australian culture
In this section we ll cover some of the more unusual and interesting facts about Australia. The name Australia comes from the Latin Australis which means of the South Legends of Terra Australis Incognita an unknown land of the south date back to Roman times. When you ve finished checking out the interesting facts about Australia and you want to have a look at the more…
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Cultures and traditions of Australia
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen I would like to acknowledge the Gumatj people on whose land we are today. I would also like to acknowledge other Yolngu people and balanda here today and thank the Yothu Yindi Foundation for inviting me to speak at this years Garma Festival where we celebrate the Yolngu culture and world view. This recognition and contribution of Indigenous…
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Australian work culture
Last week we reported on research into cross-cultural communication that noted the tendency of Australian managers to swear in meetings. It got us wondering about the other surprising elements of Australian business culture, so we asked some foreigners what takes them aback about working in Australia. Here’s a distilled version of what they said. First, on the swearing. Profanity…
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Australian society and culture
Food is our common ground, a universal experience - James Beard This network has been established to allow researchers and policy makers located in Australia who are interested in the social and cultural aspects of food and eating to connect with each other. We hope this network will foster interdisciplinary projects and other research synergies. The network includes members…
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Aussie way of life
With access to more on-demand content we will watch the programs we want, when we want which may lead to the growth in micro and niche sports such as curling and sumo wrestling. Respected Aussie demographer and author of Towards a Super Connected Australia , Bernard Salt explains in a world of leisure the new nbn ™ technology will most likely fulfil the role of the enabler…
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Western Australian culture
Warwick Hemsley. Warwick is chairman of QWest Paterson property advisers and Managing Director of Hemsley Investments. He has also committed much of his personal time to making a contribution to the community. Warwick has made significant contributions to arts and culture within Western Australia and nationally, applying his business skills and acumen to the successful operation…
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