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Australian Identity And Culture

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Coming from America to Australia I think it was easy for me to notice how Americanized it is here. Australian popular culture has been significantly affected by America in areas including food, sport, film, clothing, and music. Despite the many differences between Australia and the United States, there is a connection between the people of these two nations. Since I started researching this topic I saw a lot of articles saying how Australia is Americas little brother, I definitely would have to second that. While Australians are seen as being more relaxed, casual, and Americans are very patriotic the commonalities they share are pronounce. The Australian identity and culture is something that is unique and exclusive to its people, word like
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