What Is The Influence Of Australian Culture

The patterns of change and continuity in Australia at the time of federation influenced Australia to become its own nation through the creation of the Australian identity. At time of Federation, the majority of people living in the Australian colonies were Australian-born. Colonists were also starting to see themselves as Australian, not as British. This meant people wanted their own identity that didn’t link back to Britain. The way of life in Australia helped build the identity, which was shaped by its differences to the typical Britain life. This was affected by the native flora and fauna, the weather and activities, sports and hobbies. There was also a change in the styles of literature and art, becoming more specifically Australian. This contributed to the growing national identity. For example, the popular oil canvas painting named Near Heidelburg by Arthur Streeton (Source 4.41, page 196, Oxford Big Ideas Australian Curriculum History 9) depicts the grasslands of Australia, and shows how people dressed accordingly to the weather. The change of the crops grown in Australia due to the climate, impacted the lifestyle of the people living in the colonies. This is a different landscape to Britain’s, where most of the population had

With the most popular form of music, Rock n Roll, as well as the introduction of television, which were both popularized in 1956, these two were the utmost popular cultures that have been introduced to Australia. Australian popular music during the 1950s drew heavily from American resources, as both British and Australian youth fell under the American- styled rock n roll. The most popular artists around the time was Elvis Presley, who had a massive impact and influence on popular culture since post-war Australia in 1945. For example, in primary source A, which depicted of Elvis Presley with his fans, Elvis had an immense influence on the younger generation in its time. As people started to see more and more of Elvis on television, the more

The impact of British colonisation resulted in Australia being declared 'terra-nullius' 'land belonging to no-one' and Aboriginal peoples were subject to policies of dispossession and protectionism in a bid to the eventual demise of all facets of their traditional culture. (http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2005/3/2/5583/41950, 2005) The policy of 'terra

Australia 's prime minister had changed from John Curtin to Francis Forde to Ben Chifley. He realised that Australia needed a long term plan so that the people of Australia could protect and defend themselves from potential attacks. World War 2 ended in about 1945 and communists (people who wanted everyone to be equal) started popping up in Australia. Australia was under heaps of stress due to war and other issues and they needed to populate or perish.

As the original country to settle in Australia (excluding Aboriginals), British Culture has a strong influence in Australia. Australia was originally a colony of Britain, and therefore its national identity was very similar to

Australia was a country that was very British in not only population but also the way of society. Anyone not British was expected to fit in with the British culture. Aboriginal people and migrants were expected, and forced, to give up their own heritage and adopt the culture of the British. Many British people living in Australia were scared of new cultures changing the way of life. They believed that new races would weaken the culture.

PART 1 Christianity is currently the largest Australian religion according to the national survey. In 2011, the tally proved that 61.1% of Australians were listed as Christian. The occurrence of Christianity began with the arrival of the First Fleet of British convicts in 1788. This led to a great society and a religious community. If Christianity did not exist, the world would differ from life nowadays.

Australia in the 19th century was a multicultiracal country including people and communities of many different

Introduction of new temptations into Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people’s lives such as alcohol, drugs, processed foods or un-natural to their culture, technology (more in the 20th century plus), clustered living environments, un-organization (within the community, family), money and greed

Australians had an immense amount of pride for their country and among those popular beliefs were that the British Empire was superior to other races. Most of the Australian population was English descendant. Australia

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

However, given the difference between the cultural nature between Uzbekistan and Australia several problems will appear without doubt, starting with the ability of Uzbekistanis manager to adapt to the new environment and ending with the conflict between them and either Australians manager or staff. Cultural shock which describes the status that people face when they move into cultural different from their own cultural. It could be defined as a communication problem which includes the disability of communicating either verbal or non-verbal with the host culture, understanding its tradition and value (Samovar, Porter, and McDaniel, 2009). Before discussing the causes that help to make people suffer from cultural shock the stages that people go

These flaked tools are used to shape wooden weapons and implements. The manufacture and use of ground edge axes, still occasionally made today, date back over 20,000 years on the northern mainland, and back to 40,000 years in Papua New Guinea, once attached to present day Australia. Aboriginal Australians have a very unique culture and way of life. They love their culture and carry on most of the same traditions that their ancestors did for thousands of years. They do this by expressing their culture through ceremonies, music, dances, and by carrying on the social structures of their ancestors. To this day, Aboriginal Australians are a very diverse community and have overcome many contemporary challenges.

The Aborigines are the indigenous people of Australia. According to their traditional beliefs, the Aborigines have inhabited Australia since the beginning of time, but most modern dating techniques have placed the first native Australians at closer to 60,000 years ago, based on carbon dating of fossils and knowledge of geological changes in the region. Sea levels have fluctuated throughout history and were 200 meters lower at the time the ancestors of the Aborigines were thought to have made their way to Australia. This still left large expanses of open water that had to be crossed- up to 100 km- indicating that these people had developed some sort of sea-faring technology long before any other people. The Aboriginal

In every town, in every city from the West Coast of Tasmania to Arnhem in the Northern Territory. Every Australian is part of many broad communities. But why would I write about bringing the Australian community back to life you may ask. Here is my answer, I grew up in a small town on the West Coast of Tasmania, our community was strong, our community was fun, nevertheless, we always had something to do around the town, but now that community and many other communities have slowly died with major need of revival for Australia’s youth and families across our pristine country.