COMMONWEALTH

OF AUSTRALIA
HCTOR CABRERA
NICOLS QUINTANA
SEBASTIN QUINTANA
NICOLS VSQUEZ

INTRODUCTION
WITH THIS DISCOURSE WE WANT TO SHOW THE
AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT
THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF
THAT COUNTRY.

AUSTRALIA IS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY IN OCEANIA,

WHOSE FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS FEDERAL
PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY.

 OFFICIAL NAME:
COMMONWEALTH OF
AUSTRALIA
POPULATION: 23.613.193
PEOPLE
CAPITAL: CANBERRA
AREA: 7,741,220 KM2,
INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF
LORD HOWE AND MACQUARIE
CURRENCY: AUSTRALIAN
DOLLAR
NATIONAL HOLIDAY:
AUSTRALIA DAY (JANUARY 26)

TERRITORIAL
ORGANIZATION
AUSTRALIA IS
DIVIDED INTO SIX
STATES AND THREE
INTERNAL
TERRITORIES
ALSO IT HAS SEVEN
EXTERNAL
TERRITORIES

Jervis Bay
Territory
Australian
Capital
Territory

CULTURE MULTICULTURAL AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES HAS LIVED IN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN
40,000 AND 60,000 YEARS.
THE ANCIENT ABORIGINAL ART, THEIR INVENTIONS LIKE THE
BOOMERANG OR THE DIDGERIDOO BESIDES THE AUSTRALIAN
ABORIGINAL MUSIC HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS SYMBOLS FOR
MODERN AUSTRALIA.
AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR A LARGE NUMBER OF
IMMIGRANTS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES ENTERED THE
COUNTRY.
ACTUALLY, AUSTRALIA HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS
FROM 200 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
THESE IMMIGRANTS HAVE INFLUENCED IN THE AUSTRALIAN
CULTURE, INCLUDING BUSINESS, ARTS, COOKING, HUMOR OR
SPORTS

CULTURE - RELIGION
AUSTRALIA HASN'T AN OFFICIAL RELIGION,
HOWEVER ACCORDING TO THE 2011 CENSUS:
CHRISTIANS: 61% PEOPLE
BUDDHIST: 2.5% PEOPLE
MUSLIMS: 2.2% PEOPLE
HINDUS: 1.3% PEOPLE
OTHER RELIGIONS: 2.1% PEOPLE
NO RELIGION: 22.3% PEOPLE
NO ANSWER 8.6% PEOPLE

CULTURE - MUSIC
MUSIC HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY ABORIGINAL
CULTURE.
THE BEST KNOWN ABORIGINAL MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT IS THE DIDGERIDOO OR YIDAKI.
THE COUNTRY HAS AN ACTIVE TRADITION OF
MUSIC, BALLET AND THEATER.
THERE IS AN ORCHESTRA IN EACH CAPITAL CITY
AND A NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY.
AUSTRALIA'S MUSIC INCLUDES CLASSICAL
MUSIC, JAZZ AND MANY OTHER GENRES OF
POPULAR MUSIC.
AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IS "ADVANCE
AUSTRALIA FAIR" BY PETER DODDS MCCORMICK.

CULTURE - GASTRONOMY
MANY CULTURES THAT COEXIST IN AUSTRALIA ALLOW
GREAT GASTRONOMIC VARIETY.
CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN CUISINE, COMBINED
BRITISH AND INDIGENOUS ORIGINS WITH
MEDITERRANEAN AND ASIAN INFLUENCES.
THE ABUNDANT FLORA AND FAUNA PROVIDES ACCESS
TO A VARIETY OF MEATS AND SEAFOOD.
AUSTRALIAN RESTAURANTS SERVING SEAFOOD ARE
AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
"BUSH TUCKER" IS AN AUSTRALIAN TERM REFERRED
TO TRADITIONAL DIETS OF AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.
VEGEMITE IS A SPREADABLE PASTE NATIVE OF
AUSTRALIA, MANUFACTURED FROM YEAST EXTRACT
(TASTE IS HORRIBLE).

AUSTRALIAS FLAG
UNION JACK
SOUTHERN CROSS
CONSTELLATION

COMMONWEALTH STAR

CULTURE AUSTRALIA DAY

ITS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY 26TH
AUSTRALIA DAY COMMEMORATES THE ARRIVAL OF ARTHUR
PHILLIP WITH THE 11 SHIPS OF THE FIRST FLEET IN SYDNEY
THAT OCCURRED IN 1788.
COMMEMORATES THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST VESSELS WITH
SETTLERS.
THIS DATE IN SYDNEY IT'S CELEBRATED WITH A PARADE OF
BOATS.
THERE ARE PRESENTATIONS OF ARTISTS IN DARLING HARBOUR
WHERE THE BEST PARADE BOATS GATHER AT THE END OF THE
DAY.
THE EVENING ENDS WITH EVERYONE SINGING ADVANCE
AUSTRALIA FAIR (AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM ) IN FRONT
OF AUSTRALIA'S FLAG.

AUSTRALIA DAY SOME IMAGES

AUSTRALIA DAY SOME IMAGES

AUSTRALIA DAY SOME IMAGES

CULTURE - LANGUAGES
AUSTRALIA HAVEN'T
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE BUT
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
SPEAK ENGLISH.
AUSTRALIAN DIALECT WAS
ORIGINATED IN THE
ENGLISH FROM ENGLAND.
THERE IS ALSO SOME
DEGREE OF INDIGENOUS
INFLUENCE THAT COMES
FROM THE ABORIGINAL
LANGUAGE.

OTHER LANGUAGES:
CHINESE
ITALIAN
VIETNAMESE
GREEK
BESIDES NATIVE
LANGUAGES

AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH
LIKE
RIGH
T
LIFE

HAT
THA
T
CAT
AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH HAS
A NASAL SOUND.
BESIDES INTONATION IS
SIMILAR TO A QUESTION
INTONATION

er
ENDING
WATER
RIVER
DRIVER

HOW TO SPEAK AUSTRALIAN:

ABBREVIATE EVERYTHING
AUSTRALIAN SLANG
AUSTRALIA STRAYA, OZ
BISCUIT BICCY
CHOCOLATE CHOCCY
CHOCOLATE BISCUIT
CHOCCY BICCY
DEFINITELY DEFO!
SUNGLASSES SUNNIES
CUP OF TEA CUPPA
AMBULANCE AMBO
KANGAROO ROO

AUSTRALIAN EXPRESSIONS
MATE FRIEND, GUY, MAN.
(MATE. YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT
I SAW)
GDAY- GENERAL GREETING.
(GDAY, MATE!)
NO WORRIES - USED TO MEAN
EVERYTHING FROM YOURE
WELCOME TO RELAX.
(THANKS FOR ALL NO WORRIES)
GOOD ON YA WELL DONE, GOOD
JOB.
(GOOD ON YA, MATE)

TO FINISH
AUSTRALIA HAS A RICH CULTURE DUE TO THE
IMMIGRANTS THAT LIVE IN THAT COUNTRY.
ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND HIS CULTURE ARE
RESPECTED IN ALL THE COUNTRY, THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE FOR COUNTRIES WHERE ABORIGINAL
PEOPLE LIVE LIKE CHILE.
WE HOPE YOU'VE LEARNED SOMETHING MORE
ABOUT AUSTRALIA, ABOUT ITS CULTURE AND
LANGUAGE.