Australian People and Culture 6 Australian characteristics 1

Australian People and Culture

6 Australian characteristics 1. Diverse 2. Egalitarian 3. Friendly 4. Laidback 5. Sense of Humour 6. Sporty

Diverse ● Australia is a multicultural society ● Almost 30% of the population was born overseas ● Australians come from all over the world including Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East ● There also indigenous people called Aboriginal Australians

Egalitarian ● Everyone should be treated fairly and equally ● A Fair Go ● The language that is spoken is basically the same regardless of age, gender, ethnicity and social class

Friendly ● Australians like to do small talk with strangers ● Australians prefer to use first names ● Mateship ○ Loyalty and equality ○ Helping and supporting each other ○ Anyone can be a mate

Laidback ● A casual and relaxed attitude ● Not as punctual as Japan ● 2 common phrases ○ No worries ○ She’ll be right

Sense of Humour ● Australians like to make their friends ● Australians like to make themselves ● Australians like to make people of authority such politicians and royalty ● Australians use sarcasm fun of as

Sporty ● Australians love to watch many sports ● The most popular sports are AFL, rugby, cricket, tennis, soccer and more ● Brisbane sports teams ○ Broncos (rugby) ○ Lions (AFL) ○ Roar (soccer)

Australian Slang

Straya

A: What brings you to Straya? B: I’m here to study English. I want to see Kangaroos too. A: Nice.

Mate

A: What are you doing tomorrow? B: I’m meeting some mates for lunch. A: OK. Are you free in the evening?

Arvo

A: What are you doing this arvo? B: Not much. You? A: I’m going to the beach. Wanna come? B: Sure.

Brekky/Brekki e

A: What did you have for brekky this morning? B: I had some eggs and toast. You? A: Nothing. I usually skip brekky.

Maccas

A: Where do you wanna go for lunch? B: Let’s go to Maccas. A: All right. Let’s go. I’ll drive.

Bloody

A: It’s bloody hot today. B: Yeah, it’s 40 degrees. A: That’s too bloody hot to do anything.

Reckon

A: I watched the latest superhero movie last night. B: What did you reckon? A: I reckoned it was bloody good.

No worries

A: What time do you wanna meet tomorrow? B: How about 2 pm? A: Yeah, sounds good. B: All right. No worries.

Cheers

A: I got you a drink. B: Cheers, mate. A: No worries.

She’ll be right

A: What happened last night? B: I lost my phone at the park. A: Oh no. That’s not good. B: Yeah, she’ll be right. I can just buy another phone.

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