Australian National Identity
By Master Trinidad
Aboriginal Flag
The Aboriginal Flag represents something. Black has represent the Aboriginal people. Yellow represents the Sun and Red - represents the red earth.
Australian Flag
Australian Flag is mixed with the Union Jack and the Southern Cross.
Torres Strait Islander Flag
The Torres Strait is between Australia and New Guinea
ANZAC Legend
ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day is in 25th April. The ANZAC Legend or ANZAC spirit is a concept which suggests that Australian and New Zealand soldiers that possess characteristics. John Simpson and his donkey was apart of the ANZAC Legend
The Beach, The Bush and The Outback
The Beach
In the past 600 years, visitors from far away as China, Portugal, Spain and Holland visited Australian Beaches. The evidence of their visits lies in the remains of the ship wrecks.
The Bush
The Bush has like many references of some movies like Crocodile Dundee or the tv show Bush Tucker Man.
The Outback
In 2009, the arid zone of Australia was occupied by 180,000 people, about one per cent of the population. The semi-arid zone supports 394,000 people, about two per cent of the total population.
The Lucky Country
The lucky country is also known as Australia. Donald Horne has written a book in 1964 and published. And, he has written this phrase too, "Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people."
The Southern Cross
This was used as a constellation called Crux located in the southern sky.
Boxing Kangaroo
This is a national symbol of Australia. This symbol is displayed by Australian spectators at sporting events. Such as, tennis, cricket, basketball and soccer matches.
Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms of Australia is a formal symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia and its monarch, currently position Queen Elizabeth II.
Folklore (Aboriginal Myths)
The bunyip is known as the devil or evil spirit. It is a mythical amphibious monster said to inhabit inland waterway. It is a large mythical creature from Australian Aboriginal Mythology.
Aussie Slang
We got some Australian slangs in Australia. For example: Barbie is an slang of Barbecue or we call it BBQ. Another one we called Damper as in, Bread made out of flour and water