About australian culture

1. Australian Culture
Sofia Segovia Gordoa
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2. Derived from de latin australis
"unknown land of the South”
Capital: Canberra
Language: English
Money: Australian dollar
Government: Monarchy, Isabel Queen
7 692 024 km²

3. Holidays
• Notably Australia Day: celebrate being
australians at January 26
• ANZAC Day: a key war moment of the World
War. April 25
• Melbourne Cup: lucky enough to live in the
state of Victoria. First Tuesday in November
• Christmas
• Queen's Birthday: Second Monday in June

4. Food
• Bush fruits such as kakadu plums, finger limes
and desert quandongs; fish and shellfish of
Australia's saltwater river systems; and bush
meats including emu, crocodile and kangaroo.
• The macadamia nut is the most famous
bushfood plant harvested and sold in large
quantities.

5. Has 37 government-funded universities and two
private universities, as well as a number of other
specialist institutions that provide approved
courses at the higher education level. The
University of Sydney is Australia's oldest
university, having been founded in 1850.
The OECD places Australia among the most
expensive nations to attend university
Education

6. Health
Australia has the third and seventh highest life
expectancy of males and females respectively in
the world. Life expectancy in Australia in 2010
was 79.5 years for males and 84.0 years for
females.
Total expenditure on health (including private
sector spending) is around 9.8% of GDP.

7. Sports
• Cricket, rugby union, rugby league, field
hockey, netball, and major tournaments in
tennis, golf, surfing.

8. Body language
• It is usual to look someone in the eye when
you are talking to him or her. Australians think
that this shows directness, attention and
sincerity
• it is an insult if someone gives you something
with the left hand
• People speak too fast
• Slang
• Abbreviations

9. Attitudes and beliefs
• Australians have a propensity for the
diminutive forms of names e.g. Hargrave →
Hargie. This is a display of affection and
acceptance rather than belittlement.
• Australian society is stringently anti-
hierarchical.
• Any disloyalty to their "mates" is treated
harshly, and is known as the tall poppy
syndrome

11. Slang
Reflects experiences from country’s history
• 'flat out like a lizard drinking' (working very hard
on a task)
• 'standing like a bandicoot on a burnt ridge'
(feeling lonely and vulnerable).
• dazed and confused, someone will wander 'like a
stunned mullet';
• in a furious rage, they will be 'mad as a cut snake'
and,
• in a state of undeniable lifelessness they will be
'dead as a maggot'.

12. Business Etiquette
• Working hours from 8:30-16:30 or 9:30-17:30 with an hour lunch break.
They make appointments with anyone they want to see, it doesn’t matter
how important they are.
• Punctuallity
• Hard and direct business people.
• In a meeting they shake hands
• They are straight forward

13. Business Etiquette
• Keep a few feet distance, they don´t feel
comfortable when you invade their space
• Exchanging business cards is not very common.
• Social contact with costumers outside the office
and bringing gifts to clients isn´t part of the
Australian business because is seen as a bribery
• Dark suits, white shirts and a tie are generally
preferred

14. Urban Tribes
• Sharpies
Youth gangs from 1960s and 1970s. They were
violent.
They wanted to look and dress sharp.Untouchable
by the police
Lee or Levi jeans, cardigans, jumpers, and T-shirts

15. Jock Dolly
Wears CK
perfume, hair
tints, designer
tattoos and an
Industrie shirt.
Metrosexualized
Gangsta
Bling and baggy
pants
Graffitti and
vandalism
Glamazon
designer labels
and princess
attitude in the
U. of Sidney
and suburbs
Techno Boho
hang out at uni
drinking coffee and
smoking cigarettes
while trying to
'outsmart' each
other with
philosophy and
things they've
written essays on.
Dress retro

16. Emos
Supergeek
Punk Hipsters

17. • Australia was shown to be a world precedent
of inequity when it became the second
country to give women the vote in 1902.
• The gender roles began to change, women
found themselves gaining more leverage in
areas such as family, education and work.
However, there are still elements of gender
inequality prevalent in contemporary
Australian society.
Gender Roles

18. Gender Roles
Activity Woman Men
Child care 59 min. 22 min.
Domestic
activities
2 hours, 52 min 1 hour, 37 min
Purchasing goods 58 min 38 min
Employement 4 hours, 33
minutes
2 hours

19. Equity
Glass ceiling country
Unbreakable
barrier that keeps
minorities and
women from rising
• Women take home on average $283.20 less than men each
week. The national gender “pay gap” is 18.2 per cent
• Australian women are over-represented as part-time workers
in low-paid industries
• A quarter of women were sexually harassed in the workplace
between 2007 and 2012
• In 2014, one in two (49 per cent) mothers reported
experiencing discrimination in the workplace at some point
during pregnancy,
• Australian women have to work an extra 66 days a year to
earn the same pay as men for doing the same work

20. Actions on Inequality
• Government has implemented various legislation such as the
Sex Discrimination Act 1984. The legislation covers the issues
of discrimination in education, partnerships, marital status,
sexual harassment and potential pregnancy.
• The Workplace Gender Equality Agency is an Australian
Government statutory agency charged with promoting and
improving gender equality in Australian workplaces

21. Religion
Section 116 of the Australian Constitution prohibits the federal
government from making any law to establish any religion, impose any
religious observance, or prohibit the free exercise of any religion

22. Life Stages
• Childhood 5-14 years old
Overweight problems

23. • Young people 15-24
They consume cannavis and ectasy about a 27%
Car accidents
Sexual infections

24. Suicides
26% of young people aged 16-24 were suffering from a mental disorder
Overweight

25. • Working age 25-64 years
o Around 53% of Australia's population
o Rates of smoking for those aged 25-44 fell on 24%
o levels of overweight and obesity rose from 70% to 73%

26. • Ageing
22%
Heart disease,
stroke and
vascular
diseases
15%
Diabetes
7%
Cancer

27. Arts
Architecture
• the Sydney Opera House, original design being by Jørn Utzon (UNESCO
World Heritage)
• the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne (UNESCO World Heritage)
• Federation Square, Melbourne
• Parliament House, Canberra
• Sydney Harbour Bridge
Performing arts
The Australian Ballet and the Restless Dance Company
Opera is the most important

29. References
• https://www.justlanded.com/english/Australia/Australia-
Guide/Business/Business-etiquette
• http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/tribes-of-the-sydney-
20100106-lv15
• http://media.corporate-
ir.net/media_files/IROL/21/219073/November_17_%20AM
P_NATSEM_30_Race_against_time.pdf
• http://www.e-ir.info/2011/07/28/gender-equality-in-
australia/
• https://www.humanrights.gov.au/face-facts-gender-
equality
• http://www.aihw.gov.au/australias-health/2014/life-stages/
• http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia

30. Manny from Melbourne,
Australia
Jacob Mcdonald from
Bayswater, Australia