Aborigines: Aborigines are Australia's natives. The Aborigine's had no written language. Instead of writing, Aborigines told traditions in stories, songs, dances, and art called Corrobees. In their dances, Aborigines used an instrument called the didgeridoo to make animal sounds that occur in dances. The didgeridoo is made from the hollowed limb of a gum tree.

Schools: In school children usually wear uniforms which mostly consist of a certain color shirt or pants (in public or private school.) Most children attend a government funded school. At eleven o'clock, it doesn't matter where you are, it doesn't matter what school you're in, you stop and have tea. For the children, tea would be a juice box, or a cookie. For the teachers they would actually have tea and a crumpet (which would be some sort of roll) which one mom would provide. After the children finished drinking and eating, they would go around to the cricket shed and get out cricket equipment and a basketball. Then until eleven thirty, the children would play either cricket or basketball. School would continue for ten weeks straight with no three day weekends, only two day weekends. Then at the end of the tenth week, the children would have two weeks off, and that would be called a "term" (quarter.) At the end of the fourth "term" the children would have six weeks off, and that would be their summer vacation.

Sports/Favorite Activities: In the summer most Australians enjoy surfing, and boating. In winter most Australians enjoy hockey, rugby, soccer, and basket ball. Australians also enjoy playing soccer, and cricket.

Kangaroos

 Hear the Kookaburra song

Australian Slang Terms

Australians use many slang terms that sound extremely absurd to us. here are a few examples:

Australian	American
Blue	An Argument
Chook	A Chicken
Cobber	A Friend
Crissie	Christmas
Crook	Broken or Sick
Ear Basher	Talkative Bore
Footie	Football
Galah	Silly Talkative Person
Larrikin	A Tough guy, Hoodlum
Wowser	Kill joy, Party Pooper

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