ozmo:
Actually sorry to correct you, but over 30% of Australians still trace their roots to Great Britain. It's still the majority, no matter how "Asian" you think the big cities are getting. And the "traditional Australian" has always been, and WILL always be Great British in roots. You do realise that even up to the 1850's (when the gold rushes in Victoria changed it all) that about 95% of Australians had British heritage. Also, England still had sole landing rights up till 1840's sometime when the last convict colony closed. My roots go back to the second fleet.
So the Australian stereotype is still very Aussie-bushman with English heritage, no matter what anyone else tries to say. If your parents went to school in Australia, ask them what song they sang in monday assemblies? God save the Queen.
Pity our anthem was written by a Frenchman. It should be Waltzing Matilda.
Dale
Dale as far as many of the aussie sterotypes goes your going to have to speak for yourself. FIRSTLY MY HOMELAND IS NOT ENGLAND its all over EUROPE AS IS THE "TRADITIONAL AUSTRALIAN" however its all changing I live in Sydney and in time I think people will be saying there homeland is Asia
So the Australian stereotype is still very Aussie-bushman with English heritage, no matter what anyone else tries to say. If your parents went to school in Australia, ask them what song they sang in monday assemblies? God save the Queen.
Pity our anthem was written by a Frenchman. It should be Waltzing Matilda.
Dale
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