Australian culture

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Facts

• 6th largest country in the world

• The name Australia is derived from the term australis meaning southern

• We are 14 hours ahead of Michigan, so what time is it now in Australia?

• Our seasons are opposite

Aussie Slang• G’Day- Hello• Crickey!- Surprised• Barbie- Barbeque• Fair Dinkum- honest; genuine, ‘really?’• Nick off- go away• Servo- gas station• Ta- Thank you• Yank- American• Mates- Friends• Medicine- Drugs• Toilet- Bathroom• Sandshoes- Trainers• Flip flops- thongs• Soft drink-soda• Takeaway- Take out• Snags- Sausages

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Stereotypes

• We do not ride Kangaroo’s to school nor keep them as pets

• We do not Barbeque everything• We do not wrestle crocodiles• What other stereotypes do you have about

Australians?