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Australian culture

Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. Douglas Adams - English

Creativity
Expression
Cultural comparisons
Architecture
Understatement vs overstatement
Aborigines
Status of Aborigines in Australia
Argentina
Emotion & innovation
Craft
Emotion through the hands
Australian facts
Just the facts
America
Religious vs convicts
Cuisine
Breaking the rules of fine dining
Australian immortals
The great heroes who were losers
China
5,000 years of civilisation & convicts
Fashion
Durable sex appeal
Christianity
The kind of people Jesus hung around with
England
Wardens and convicts
Humour
Scallywags, rapscallions and larrikins
Drinking
Test of character

France
Failed revolutionaries

Inventions
Thinking different
Politics
Maintaining minority rule
Japan
Realm of the opinion vs senses
Movies
From Ned Kelly to bogan
 

Social etiquette
The important social rules of Australia

New Zealand
Do gooders vs convicts
Music
Pushing the boundaries

Strine
The language of poetic deception

South Africa
Kaffirs and convicts
Poetry
Defying stoicism?

Underdog
Sideing with the loser

 
Paintings
The value of tradition
Tall-poppy syndrome
"Our" misundertood Australian icon
 
Wine
Discovering culture
Traditions
What traditions do Australians hold dear?
Wisdom
What intelligent things have Australians said?