Cultural Differences Between Australia And New Zealand

Australia has been a culturally diverse society since long before white settlement. The indigenous people had many different cultures, languages and customs, even members of the First Fleet came from a number of culturally significant backgrounds. Diversity in Australia took large strides 67 years ago with the beginning of the Snowy River Scheme which promoted skilled immigrants to come here and work, because as a nation just after World War II we lacked the manpower and knowledge to complete such a large and complicated project.

Comparison and contrast of evident similarities and bright contrasts between United States of America and one of the European country – Poland. Both of the countries have similar environment, geographic shapes: mountains, seas, lakes and forests, but different climates. There also differences between politic, religion, nation, history, and culture.

In conclusion, Greece and Denmark varied greatly in their political institutions and gender equality. Greece went through a number of rock regime changes while Denmark’s political transitions were more linear and stable. As a result, this greatly affected the politics surrounding their country. Greece formed their state heavily around the ideologies of the EU. They never really established their own political interest which has caused much miss-trust and political instability in the country. Furthermore, their political parties are more receptive to corruption and scandal as we have seen on numerous occasions in Greece. On the other hand, Denmark has done wonderful job in having political institutions that actually supply their citizens with

One similarity is that there are very cold winters. Both countries are four season long and are located near the north. Also, the two countries are Christian countries.

But this overview of the similarities is mainly where the similarities end and the differences begin.

The culture and social customs of Indians compared to Australians is very different. Different people in different societies have different culture and food, but they also have some similarities. The culture varies in different things such as clothes, foods, religion, and many others. Not only the culture but geographical and environmental setting is also playing main role. India is the world’s second largest country after china with 1.3 billion population, while Australia is the world’s smallest continent with 24 million population. The capital of India is New Delhi which is in the northern part of India. The capital of Australia is Canberra which is in northern end of Australia which is also called southwest Sydney. India is surrounded by three oceans namely Arabian ocean(west), Indian ocean(south), Bay of Bengal(east). Australia considered to be an island because it is surrounded by Indian ocean(west), coral seas(north), Pacific Ocean(east) and Tasman sea(south) (Everyculture.com). India is more vulnerable in climate changes, in India there were three main seasons, winter runs through January and march, summer runs through April and August and monsoon runs through September and December. Meanwhile, Australia is generally warm and dry all year round, with no extreme cold and rain (Foodbycountry.com). India suffers with environmental problems like water and air pollution, land damage, and water shortage, because there are no strict rules for environmental problems. While

Comparison and contrast of evident similarities and bright contrasts between United States of America and one of the European country – Poland. Both of the countries have similar environment, geographic shapes: mountains, seas, lakes and forests, but different climates. There also differences between politic, religion, nation, history, and culture.

Culture is the attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group, and different religious, ethnic groups, and language can produce different culture. Because of these differences, people often talk about a cultural comparison that they have observed in their life. I am always interested in discussing the cultural differences between different countries. I found out that the differences of cultures have been expressed in many ways, like the cars, education, or houses, but the most interesting one to me would be the wine culture between China and the west countries. Chinese have different drinking culture from the westerners in many different ways.

Auburn is a suburb in western Sydney in the state of New South Wales Australia which had major changes that occurred over the years, the three major changes are transport population and culture.

Kuwait is changing at a very fast pace. Its culture is being influenced by dominant cultures, and that is resulting in new culture based on new definitions and mentalities, such as Americanization. As a matter of fact, a friend of mine is so into American lifestyle or life in general, she listens only to American music and watches their movies. She is even thinking of getting married to an American guy! In “Bored with USA” Brendon O’Connor claims that Americanization is affecting on Australia in both negative and positive ways. In addition, in “In 2,000 Years, will the World Remember Disney or Plato?” Mark Rice-Oxley talks about both negative and positive sides of Americanization in the world. He claims that American Culture spread will not

New Zealand and the U.S. are similar in many ways. For example, both the U.S. and New Zealand have three branches of their government. Those branches are the Judicial Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Executive branch. The citizens of both countries can vote on their government. Both countries also have a constitution and a cabinet. They both were ruled by Britain at one point, but gained their independence. These countries are very similar to each other. But they do also have many differences.

There were also similarities and differences in the economic aspects of each

Australia is both the smallest and oldest continent in the world, and it is the only country that is also a continent. [1] It is an island located between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, just south of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. At 2,941,299 square miles, Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world and only about 150,000 square miles (about the size of Montana) smaller than the continental United States. Its interior land is a flat and sparsely populated desert, but as you move outward the climate changes to grassland, subtropical, tropical, and even temperate in the southeastern region. [1] While more than 70% of Australia is arid, the rest includes a variety of rich environments including flood plains,

Internet speeds in Australia, the country that are not very good, yet the are very wealthy it’s also below many other countries that are very bad and complaints governments rollout of broadband services. In this article you will learn the differences in Australian and American technology, arts, and recreation. I researched Australian recreation and according to culturegrams lots of australians like the outside like parks and barbecuing on the weekends. Also a large number of public parks have enclosures for dogs where they can run around without a leash, but in america most of their leisure time is spent watching tv.

My initial response to this question when first starting this reflection was, "Yes, Of course Australia has a national culture! " But alas, footy team loyalties and shedding a tear or two on ANZAC day doesn’t necessarily mean we have a national culture. By saying we, I am referring to all of us living in Australia. We may not all be rich and wealthy, certainly not all white, in fact we have a multitude of colours...