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The Opera House is Sydney's most famous icon....

During the Depression a "Swagman" would carry his belongings in a bag called "Matilda", over his shoulder, on a stick, as he made his way across the land seeking employment. This was called "Waltzing Matilda". It is the essence of Australian Culture.

Art galleries and museums are important to Australian culture including famous Australians and Australian strine

World's largest steel arch bridge is in Sydney Harbour....

IMMIGRATION

Australia's Cultural Development

AUSTRALIAN CULTURE

ART/CULTURAL EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, VENUES & RESOURCES

STATE ART GALLERIES

NEW SOUTH WALES culture Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney strine	VICTORIA culture Ian Potter Ctr National Gallery of Vic.	QUEENSLAND culture QUT Art Museum Brisbane strine	SOUTH AUSTRALIA culture Migration Museum Adelaide
TASMANIA culture Tas Museum & Art Gallery Hobart	WESTERN AUSTRALIA culture Berndt Museum of Anthropology Perth	NORTHERN TERRITORY culture Museum & Art Gallery of the N T Darwin	ACT strine National Gallery of Australia Canberra

VIC

QLD

Anna Pappas Gallery
Ararat Regional Art Gallery
Art Almanac Gallery Guide
Art Galleries Melb. & Regl.
Art Gallery of Victoria
Australian Galleries
Ballarat Art Galleries
Benalla Art Gallery Vic
Bendigo Gallery of Art Vic
Boscia Art Galleries
Castlemaine Gallery of Art

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Dacou Aboriginl.Art Gallery
Dromkeen Collection Art
Ferndale Arts
Flinders & Sorrento Art
Geelong Art Gallery VIC
Gippsland Gallery of Art
Grenhill Art Galleries
Hamilton Art Gallery Vic
Harrison Art Galleries
Heide Museum of Mod. Art
Horsham Art Gallery Vic

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John Buckley Art
National Gallery of Victoria
Philip Bacon Galleries
Niagara Art Gallery
Public Galleries Melbourne
Queen Vic. Museum & Art
Shepparton Art Vic
Sutton Gallery
Tim Olsen Art
Tollarno Art Gallery Vic
Victoria & Albert Museum
Victorian Art Galleries

Australian culture has art galleries, famous Australians, museums and Australian strine.

Aus. & Oceanic Art Gallery
Art Almanca Gallery Guide
Cairns Art Gallery QLD
Cedar Galleries
Cooper Gallery
Gold Coast Art Gallery
Far North Galleries
Gallery of Modern Art
Ian Grieve Art Gallery
Ipswich Gallery of Art
Judy Hall-Grieve Gallery

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Kickarts Contemp. Arts
Logan Art Gallery
Main Street Arts
Manly Art Gallery
Murra Wulka
Noosa Regional Art Gallery
North Queenland Galleries
Quensland Art Galleries
Queensland Art Gallery
Perc Tucker Regonal
Port Douglas Art

Art galleries, museums, famous Australians, Australian strine are all Australian culture

Redback Art Gallery
Red Hill Gallery
Rockhampton Art
Royal Qld Art Society
Schubert Gallery Qld
SE Qld Art Galleries
The Gallery Eumundi
Tiffany Jones Fine Art
Tree Frog Gallery
Tropical North Art Galleries
UQ Art Museum
Young Masters Gallery

Museums, art galleries, Australian strine, famous Australians are Australian culture,

Aboriginal Desert Art
Annandale Art Gallery
Aria Studio Gallery
Almanac Guide
Art Gallery Australia WA
Art Gallery of WA
Artlandish Aboriginal Art
Ass. of WA Art Galleries
Bradshaw Figurative Art
Bunbury Art Galleries
Burrup Rock Art

Famous Australians, art galleries, museums, Australian strine are aspects of Australian culture.

Dacou Broome
Derby Aborigl .Art Gallery
Gadfly Art Galleries
Gallery East
Golden Art Gallery
Gomboc Art
Holmes à Court
Japinka Art Gallery
Kidoga Arthouse Gallery
Kimberley Rock Painting
Kununurra Rock Art

Australian culture has famous Australians, museums, Australian strine and art galleries.

Lisa Harris Gallery
L. Wilson Art Gallery
Maalinup Art
Margaret Riv. Art Galleries
Mowanjum Centre
New Norcia Art
Perth Galleries
Pupunya Tula Art
Red Rock Art Gallery
Rockingham Gallery
Swan Vallley Art Galleries
William Mora Galleries

Australian strine is part of Australian culture together with famous Australians, art galleries and museums.

MULTICULTURAL EVENTS & GROUPS

NSW Australian Culture Calendar of ethnic and multi-cultural events in New South Wales. culture	South Australia Art galleries Multicultural performers provide enjoyable entertainment. culture	Tasmania famous Australians The Multicultural Council of Tasmania is non-government. culture
Victoria Famous Australians This state celebrates racial, cultural and religious diversity. culture	Western Australia Museums It is important for new Australians to set up groups related to countries of origin. culture	Northern Territory Australian strine People from all over the world bring their culture with them. strine
Queensland Australian strine A state action plan to incorporate diversity among ethnic groups. culture	ACT Australian culture National Multicultural Festival is an annual event in Canberra. culture

AUSTRALIAN RECORDS AND FACTS

Urbanized
Australia is the most urbanized country on Earth with 70 percent of the
population living in coastal cities.

Gambling
Australians gamble more per head than anywhere else, having a fifth of the
world's poker machines.

Land Use
Though mining is an important export industry, more Australian land is used for
pubs than mining.

Sixth Largest Nation
Australia is the 6th largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, China, the
United States and Brazil,

Driest Continent
Australia is the driest inhabited country.

Largest island
The mainland of Australia is the world's largest island.

Smallest Continent
Of all continents, Australia is the smallest.

Second Lowest Population Density
The Population is 6.4 people per square mile, second after Mogolia 4.3.

Largest Exporter
Australia is the world's largest exporter of Aluminium (bauxite), Black Coal, Diamonds (gem plus industrial) , Lead, Mineral Sands, Refined Zinc, Sheep and Wool.

Longest and Largest Reef
The Barrier Reef is the longest and largest reef in the world.

Lowest Rainfall and Lowest Point
Lake Eyre SA has lowest rainfall and is the lowest region.

Highest Rainfall
Tully in Queensland has the highest rainfall in a year at 4400mm.

Coldest Ovenight Temperature - city and region
The town with the lowest night temperature is Canberra, with Charlotte Pass having the lowest recorded temperature.

Foggiest
Canberra is the foggiest capital.

Largest Island in Australia
Tasmania is the largest island in Australia.

Highest Point
The highest peak on the Australian mainland is Mount Kosciusko NSW, 2230 m.

Hottest
Cloncurry in Queensland recorded the hottest temperature in Australia, 53 degrees Centigrade.

Largest Lake
Australia's largest natural body of water is Lake Eyre, 9500 square kms.

Deepest Lake
Lake St Clair is the deepest in Australia.

Longest River
The longest river in Australia is the Murray River 2520kms long.

Dingo Fence
The world's longest fence built to stop dingoes is twice as long as the Great Wall of China.

Eight-hour Day
Melbourne stonemasons gained the world's first 8 hour day in 1856.

Life Expectancy
Australian Men live to 75 years on average, women 84 years.

Egg Consumption
During a lifetime an Australian will eat 165,000 eggs.

Meat Consumed
Australians eat 18 cows and 90 sheep during their lives.

Fruit Consumption
Eight tonnes of fruit is eaten over a lifetime by the average Australian.

Cheese Eaten
Australians eat half a tonne of cheese in a lifetime.

Vegetable consumed
Over a lifetime an Australia eats ten tonnes of vegetables.

Trams - largest, last
The largest tram network runs in Melbourne and it is also the world's last publicly operated tram system.

AUSTRALIAN STYLE INVENTIONS

INTERESTING AUSTRALIAN FACTS
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Swimming Ban   Australian culture
It was illegal to swim on Australian beaches until 1902.   strine
Secret Ballot   famous Australians
The secret ballot was introduced to the world by Henry Chapman of Melbourne in 1855.   strine
Women's Right to Vote Australian strine
Australia was the second country to give women the right to vote in 1902.   Art galleries
Illegal Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge
Francis De Groot cut the ribbon on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 on horseback, with a sword, before it was opened by John T. Lang.
Drinking Alcohol Daily museums
Sir John Robertson, five times premier of New South Wales, drank a pint of rum every morning for 35 years.
Prime Minister Drowns   Australian culture
Australia lost Prime Minister Harold Holt when he went for a swim in the sea. The mystery has never been solved.   strine
Yowie   famous Australians
A hairy man/animal known as a Yowie apparently wanders in the Australian bush, Australia's Bigfoot.
Convicts   strine
By the late 19th century 40 percent of white Australians were convicts.          Australian strine

Megafauna. Aboriginals came to Australia about 50 thousand years ago. Anthropologists call Aboriginals gracile. Megafauna like large wombats, rhino, flightless birds, lizards and meat eating kangaroos lived alongside Aboriginals before becoming extint 20-30 thousand years ago. A theory holds that Aboriginals killed off megafauna because megafauna and human bones were found together. Tasmanian Aboriginals had a different origin than mainland Aboriginals. They could not start fire but fought over access to it. Aboriginals 40,000 years ago lived alongside Marree Man, a man-like bearded creature that walked upight.