Australia Flashcards

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Politics is the subject of much discussion in Australia, at least in part because …….

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voting is compulsory

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The news in Australia, in the newspapers, on the radio, and on television, and

particularly through SBS—Special Broadcasting Services—contains much

more……. than is generally found in other countries

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overseas news

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In Australian Aboriginal culture, Dreamtime stories are creation myths that explain the origins of the world and are passed down orally …..

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through storytelling, songs, and art

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Australia is an ethnic …….. but it wasn’t always that way.

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melting pot

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During ………, an Australian who worked for an American company was visited by a senior executive from the USA.

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the 1990s

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Australians inherited from their …….. a capacity for self mockery.

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British forebears

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When one of those battlers “made it” by achieving success, fame, or money, he became ……...

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“one of them Tall Poppies”

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Australians have generally liked Continental Europeans because of their significant contributions, such as providing ……………

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the labor for iconic infrastructure projects

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Most Australians are saddened by the plight of those Aboriginal people …….

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whose numbers, culture, way of life were and continue to be blighted by European settlement.

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The Australian education system is a ………. between the Federal and State governments.

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shared responsibility