Albany History
Albany was settled in the first half of the 1800,s Rather than rewrite the history of albany I will provide a link to sites that do it well
What makes Australians different
Overseas visitors
I am sure you are interested in Australians. What makes us tick.
This has been an intersting question for me as well.
Australias code of ethics I believe was written in the late 1800s to federation and the addoption of the Australian constitution on the 1 January 1901
During that time there was a large ground swell of employment out in the bush. Shearers, sheep herders, squatters and pastoralists a multitude of people who very much had the ethic of hard doers helping each other in a harsh land.
The ethic of " Mateship" much talked about and undefined.
Australia is an agricultural country. Much of it is either farm land or station country. Most Australians are not far from a connection with an uncle or aunt that is a farmer.
We have had considerable migration since after the second world war. Many English and middle european people who have all contributed their cultures and cuisine
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They,re a wierd Mob
John O'Grady
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A bit dated now but a bit of a romp
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We once rented a house of an old italian couple. The lady had come to Australia as an 18 year old straight out to the Nullabour Plain where her husband worked on the road. She said she cried for 3 months. I don't blame her.
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Books Poems and Prose about Australia and Australians
Every rough tough australian man had a woman somewhere working beside him and looking after the house home and kids.
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We of the Never Never
by Jeannie Gunn
a classic australian story
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Hell West and Crooked
by Tom Cole
a Biography of an amazing English son who was very much a part of the story of Australia
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Stories and poems like
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Various others
By Duke Tritan
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Two of our more famous writers