Christian Skofteland wrote: > > If you want to learn about the TRUE Australian psyche read "In a Sunburned > Country" The book has good insight about how Aussies view themselves and > their relationship to England and the world.
Or just ask some of us. We are mostly approachable and always have well informed opinions and will air them at the drop of a hat. Aussies make great cab drivers. Australians are a wierd mob though, although 90 per cent of the population live in cities, most relate to "the bush" or country side. Aussies also like to maintain the "aussie battler" image which more than anything represses Australians to never quite achieving many goals in life. Should you rise above the battler class you are seen to be a toff and scorned by others. So it seems the goal is a life of perpetual struggle to free yourself from the lower classes but must never achieve it. Many see England as a the oppressors, as we established as a penal colony by England and so there has alway been an under=current of dissent to authority and a wish to be free of it. Many Australians like to think of themselves not as English dissendants but as Australians and scorn their British heritage. I was talking with an English friend of mine who married an Aussie girl ( undoubtalby the prettiest in the world ;), and his wife remarked after they had taken a trip to England visiting 300 year old churches in little villages, that Australia lacks any true heritage, to which my English friend replied that the English heritage IS the Australian heritage. I could not help but think he was correct, yet this remark seemed to be greeted with scorn from the aussies present. I think most Australians would like to divest themselves of England and go it alone. However, a recent referendum for a republic was defeated. There are still alot of Monachists about. If you would like to talk further on this, please contact me off-list, alway like a chat. Kind regards Kevin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
