Humanities in Australia

(Short) Australia is a typical immigrant country, with a population of more than 20 million people. The majority of Australian residents believe in Christianity, and English is the common language. The multiculturalism formed by many ethnic groups is a distinctive feature of Australian society.

Australia is rich in mineral resources and is an important producer and exporter of mineral resources in the world.

Australia has a well-developed agricultural industry, known as the "country on the back of a sheep", and is the world's largest exporter of wool and beef.

(Complex) Country name: Commonwealth of Australia

Capital: Canberra

Area: 7,692,000 km2

Population: 21.56 million people (January 2009)

Languages: English, Aboriginal languages, Australia's official language is English. official language is English.

Currency: Australian dollar

Ethnicity: 95.2% descendants of immigrants from the United Kingdom and other European countries, 1.3% Asian, 1.5% Aboriginal, 2% other.

Religion: 25% of nationals have no religion, Anglicans 21%, Roman Catholics 27%, other Christian denominations 21%, other religious believers 6%.

Head of State: Australia's nominal head of state is the Commonwealth Head of State, the King (or Queen) of the United Kingdom, who appoints the Governor-General of Australia as his representative. The current British King is Elizabeth II.

Attached are the Australian flag, map, coat of arms, and the Sydney Opera House, which is often cited as an Australian landmark (the Opera House has the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background).

Human Development Index: 3rd in the world, index: 0.957

National symbols

Flag: The flag has a dark blue field, with a British flag design in the upper left corner of the flag, signifying Australia's traditional relationship with the United Kingdom. Below this is a large white seven-pointed star, symbolizing the six states that make up the Commonwealth of Australia and the Commonwealth Government. To the right of the flag's field are five white stars, one of the smaller stars is five-pointed and the rest are seven-pointed. The five small stars represent the Southern Cross (the constellation that can be seen most clearly in Australia).

The Coat of Arms: The coat of arms of Australia features a kangaroo on the left and an emu on the right, both unique to Australia, and in the center is a shield with six sets of designs symbolizing each of the country's six states. The red St. George's Cross (with a lion and four stars on the cross) symbolizes New South Wales; the Southern Cross constellation under the crown represents Victoria; the blue cross represents Queensland; the Burrowing Bird represents South Australia; the Black Swan symbolizes Western Australia; and the red lion symbolizes Tasmania. Above the shield is a seven-pointed star, symbolizing the six states that make up the Commonwealth of Australia and the Commonwealth Government, and at the bottom is a ribbon with the word "Australia" in English.

National Day: January 26 (1788)

National Flower: Acacia pycnantha (Golden wattle, Latin name: Acacia pycnantha)

A lot of false information says that Australia's national tree is eucalyptus and the national bird is the lyrebird, which are not correct. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has stated through its official website that Australia does not have any officially recognized national tree, national bird or national animal as of today (2008). The Australian government declared the acacia as the national flower as late as August 1988, and there is no animal or bird that has been used as a national symbol.

People and Culture

Australians are both Western and Eastern. They have a wide range of interests and enjoy sports such as surfing, windsurfing, horse racing, fishing, boccia, Australian rules soccer, rugby and swimming.

The Aboriginal people who live in Australia still preserve their customs. They hunt for a living, and the boomerang is their unique hunting weapon. Many of them still live in huts made of twigs and mud, surrounded by a cloth or sheltered by kangaroo skins, and prefer to have tattoos or paint their bodies in a variety of colors. Usually only in the cheeks, shoulders and chest painted some yellow and white colors, festive ceremonies or festive songs and dances painted all over the body. Tattoos are mostly thick lines, some like raindrops, some like ripples, after the rite of passage of the indigenous people tattoos are not only decorative, but also used to attract the adoration of the opposite sex. In the carnival dance, people wear colorful decorations on their heads, paint colorful tattoos on their bodies, and dance collectively around the bonfire. Dance and painting are very simple, mostly reflecting the hunting life.

As times changed, some Aboriginal people gradually left their tribes and moved to cities. Australia has a variety of policies that favor the Aboriginal people, including housing, employment, and welfare to provide them with all the necessary assistance to enter modern life. In tourist areas, Aboriginal arts and crafts are among the items that tourists from all over the world seek to buy, which is a source of income for the Aboriginal people.

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