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Culture of Australia
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The original culture of Australia can only be surmised: cultural patterns among the remote descendants of the first Australians cannot be assumed to be unchanged after 53,000 (or more) years of human habitation of the continent. Much more is known about the richly diverse cultures of modern Aboriginal Australians, or at least of those few who survived the impact of European colonisation. (For more on this, see Australian Aborigine and related entries.) Although the effect of the arrival of Europeans on Aboriginal culture was profound and catastrophic, the reverse is not the case: broadly speaking, mainstream Australian culture has been imported from the United States and Europe,(in particular, the United Kingdom). Country music in particular originated from Celtic Ireland, however country music does not act as a dominant musical genre in mainstream australian popular culture.
Much of Australia's culture is derived from European and American roots, but distinctive Australian features have evolved from the environment and aboriginal culture. The vigour and originality of the arts in Australia—films, opera, music, painting, theater, dance, and crafts—are achieving international recognition
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_culture
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Australian culture)
The original culture of Australia can only be surmised: cultural patterns among the remote descendants of the first Australians cannot be assumed to be unchanged after 53,000 (or more) years of human habitation of the continent. Much more is known about the richly diverse cultures of modern Aboriginal Australians, or at least of those few who survived the impact of European colonisation. (For more on this, see Australian Aborigine and related entries.) Although the effect of the arrival of Europeans on Aboriginal culture was profound and catastrophic, the reverse is not the case: broadly speaking, mainstream Australian culture has been imported from the United States and Europe,(in particular, the United Kingdom). Country music in particular originated from Celtic Ireland, however country music does not act as a dominant musical genre in mainstream australian popular culture.
Much of Australia's culture is derived from European and American roots, but distinctive Australian features have evolved from the environment and aboriginal culture. The vigour and originality of the arts in Australia—films, opera, music, painting, theater, dance, and crafts—are achieving international recognition
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_culture