# Australian Identity **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [February 5, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094 "2004-02-05T04:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Timage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Timage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Timage)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/1 "2004-02-05T04:16:44Z")
Heyas. I’ve been given for school an assignment which requires us to gather information about the Australian Identity from any source and present it in a speech. So I’d like to ask everyone if they could please share their views on what they think the Australian Identity is. I’ll provide more information if you don’t quite understand, just say so. Thankyou. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/2 "2004-02-05T04:39:37Z")
i guess gather information on what makes us Australian, probably our culture, way of living, night life. country and city life, sports that sorta stuff i guess. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/3 "2004-02-05T04:51:46Z")
KOALA BEARS!! And Roos… 😉 Pretty good swimmers in the Olympics too ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/4 "2004-02-05T05:09:54Z")
D’ day mate. Steve Irwin, Fosters, Rugby, Great Surf, Croiky, Crocadile Dundee, Sydney, Melbourne, A male movie star factory… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/5 "2004-02-05T05:16:23Z")
> \*Originally posted by EthanM \* > \*\*A male movie star factory… \*\* > Mel Gibson!! :love: Aussie rugby is good, but they don’t have a cool-arse tribal dance like New Zealand does!! … so awesome 🍺 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/6 "2004-02-05T05:21:03Z")
Male Movie Imports Mel Gibson Heath Ledger Russel Crowe Orlando Bloom Hugh Jackman Hugo Weaving… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/7 "2004-02-05T05:24:17Z")
I thought Crowe was from New Zealand… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/8 "2004-02-05T05:29:58Z")
australian coat of arms, is a good start [http://www.pm.gov.au/aus\_in\_focus/nat\_symbols/coatofarms.html](http://www.pm.gov.au/aus_in_focus/nat_symbols/coatofarms.html) [http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/coat\_of\_arms.html](http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/coat_of_arms.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/9 "2004-02-05T05:32:26Z")
Heath, Russell and Hugh are New Zealanders. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/10 "2004-02-05T05:35:08Z")
To be honest, I don’t think we have our own identity. We seem to follow trends more than anything ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/11 "2004-02-05T05:48:35Z")
Heath Ledger Date of birth (location) 4 April 1979 Perth, Western Australia, Australia Russell Crowe Born in New Zealand, Russell has made his home in Australia since he was a small child Hugh Jackman Date of birth (location) 12 October 1968 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia > \*Originally posted by David \* > \*\*Heath, Russell and Hugh are New Zealanders. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/12 "2004-02-05T05:50:21Z")
Well there you go. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/13 "2004-02-05T05:53:29Z")
you had me look it up, but again i’m right 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/14 "2004-02-05T05:59:41Z")
> \*Originally posted by David \* > \*\*To be honest, I don’t think we have our own identity. We seem to follow trends more than anything \*\* > Very True David :: maybe you can talk about multiculturalism, but thats more about australia than australians. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/15 "2004-02-05T06:04:11Z")
I think most countries have an identity. It’s harder to pick one specific element for countries that are melting pots. Australia has many different ethnicities much like the U.S. When that happens it’s usually the major historical events and or pop-culture events that lead to the branding of an identity. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/16 "2004-02-05T06:48:10Z")
Thanks for all of your replies guys, but other than movie stars, what do you see us Aussies as? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/17 "2004-02-05T07:00:51Z")
Easy going, talented, beer swilling magic people. Who’s prime minister kisses the \*\*\* of redneck political dicatators, and refuses to say sorry. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/18 "2004-02-05T07:01:18Z")
Most people see Aussies as tough. Someone you wouldn’t want to get into a fight with. Like Mick Dundee! _“That’s not a knife … this is a knife!”_ Outback Steakhouse - No Rules, Just Right The EAC dude! And the great barrier reef … great white sharks too! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/19 "2004-02-05T10:24:27Z")
Animals that time forgot the platypus, the kangaroo, koalas, wombats, possums, frilled neck lizzards…and more ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094/20 "2004-02-05T11:01:21Z")
I wouldn’t mention the rugby though. 😉 If you can get a copy of Bill Bryson’s book Notes From Down Under (or something like that), you’ll find a lot of good stuff in there about how people perceive the Australian nation and people. 🙂 [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/australian-identity/42094.md?page=2)