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Australia is home to a thriving arts scene with a year-round calendar of exhibitions, festivals and events. Discover Australia’s rich cultural history in a range of museums around the country. See works by the best international and Australian artists in major institutions, small commercial galleries and in city laneways.
GEOGRAPHY. Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent. It is one of the largest countries on Earth. Although it is rich in natural resources and has a lot of fertile land, more than one-third of Australia is desert. Most Australian cities and farms are located in the southwest and southeast, where the climate is ...
Language use. Australia is made up of many different and distinct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups, each with their own culture, language, beliefs and practices. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the first peoples of Australia, meaning they were here for thousands of years prior to colonisation.
Sep 13, 2022 · Australians are egalitarian. One concept Australians do hold in high regard is the idea of the ‘fair go’ — the belief that everyone should be given an equal opportunity — which manifests itself in universal support for publicly funded education and healthcare systems. Australians pride themselves on that deep-seated egalitarianism ...
Australia’s society reflects its British penal history as well as the subsequent waves of migration from elsewhere in Europe and almost every other continent. Australians (or Aussies) have been inventive in adapting their cultural roots to suit the new environment, climate and resources of the country.
A Brief Aboriginal History. “The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”. Since the European invasion of Australia in 1788, the Aboriginal people have been oppressed into a world unnatural to their existence, a way of life that had continued for thousands of years. First came the influx of the strangers who ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Australia’s first people—known as Aboriginal Australians—have lived on the continent for over 65,000 years.Diverse and culturally distinctive, they are represented by more than 250 distinct ...
