Culture of Australia
Videos
Australian culture is of primarily Western origins, and is derived from its British, Indigenous and migrant components.
Australians by the waterside at the Portsea Hotel, a pub in Melbourne, Victoria
A Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield (1920)
Governor Arthur Phillip hoists the British flag over the new colony at Sydney Cove in 1788
William Wentworth (1790–1872) was among the first to articulate a vision of Australian nationhood
Australia
Videos
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a land area of 7,688,
Culture of Australia
…colonies, with this convict heritage having an enduring effect on Australian music, cinema and literature. Manifestations of British colonial heritage in Australia include the primacy of the English language and Western Christianity, the institution of constitutional monarchy, a Westminster-style system of democratic…
Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
Landing of James Cook at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770
Tasmania's Port Arthur penal settlement is one of eleven UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian Convict Sites.
The Big Picture, a painting by Tom Roberts, depicts the opening of the first Australian Parliament in 1901.