The most enduring pillar of Australian culture, or culture-bearer, is what is now known as the broad Australian accent.

First noted within 20 years of settlement, it has persisted as the most obvious marker of a person’s Australianness and Australianism (whatever that is), although it has diversified into at least three branches: broad, general and cultivated.

There are, however, significant sub-branches, such as: the Aboriginal Australian accent, southern European-Australian accents and various forms of Asian-Australian accents.

Of all of them though, the broad Australian accent dominates in identifying a person anywhere within the Anglosphere as Australian.

An interesting confirmation of this was an interview by Indian media with cricketer Brett Lee.

With an accent that is already unmistakably Australian, Lee broadened his accent for the interview to a degree that made it almost incomprehensible to even his fellow Australians.

That the Indian interviewer understood what Lee was saying indicated that this broadening was contrived and pre-scripted for Indian consumption - a nod to the uniqueness of the broad accent and an indicator that, whatever Australian culture may be, its enduring pillars are still to be found in those who speak in that way.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jul 12^th, 2024 at 8:44pm:



You'd really love Jimmy Saville then? 

KangAnon wrote on Jul 12^th, 2024 at 9:08pm:


That's not what you said - that what I high lighted.

So I don't accept what you said ....

and whether you care or not is of no consequence.

KangAnon wrote on Jul 12^th, 2024 at 9:08pm:


A fatuous summary of this prseudo-debate.

Can you point to any country where there is unanimous agreement on what its culture is?

It’s an uncomfortable truth for much of the Australian public, but everything we love and value about Australia we owe to the White Australia Policy.

It is so central to our national character that New South Wales’ 23rd Premier Jack Lang once said:

“White Australia must not be regarded as a mere political shibboleth. It was Australia’s Magna Carta. Without that policy, this country would have been lost long ere this.”

The events that occurred before federation led directly to it and the implementation of the policy. After its abolition, our social values and culture still has its direct connection to the emerging Australian sentiment and ideals that took place during our early colonial period and flourished during our formative century, from 1850 to 1950. The policy is directly responsible for everything we associate with Australian culture, our national identity, social values, political framework and our customs and traditions.

At its core, Australia is a White creation. Before Captain James Cook landed in Botany Bay in 1770, Australia didn’t exist. The land mass was there, and the Aboriginals inhabited it, but the land was undeveloped and had no infrastructure or political system to formulate it into a country. This all changed when European men and women came to settle and develop the colonies.

Those who diminish the European foundation for Australia by saying the land doesn’t belong to us, because “sovereignty was never ceded” and use phrases like “White Australia has a black history”, don’t understand Australian history. This historical analysis will help dispel these myths.

Our history stems from hundreds of years of European, but more specifically, British history. Viewed in this way, White Australia is thousands of years in the making and was inevitable. Even the most overlooked details of our culture are thousands of years old: Wedding rings, for example, are an Ancient Roman tradition that represents permanence, strength, eternal love and commitment.




The rest is here:  https://www.noticer.news/what-do-we-owe-the-white-australia-policy/

Bias_2012 wrote on Jul 13^th, 2024 at 5:03pm:


That looks very much like what Germany was imposing in 1939.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jul 13^th, 2024 at 6:56pm: