Salvatorin Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Okay, so I'm going to let the australians speak first. I'll ask questions later. What is it like, mentally, physically, socially, culturally, etc......being a person who considers himself "Australian" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCONES TO DIE FOR Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I'm wondering the same thing about Alaskans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 well, it's just normal life really! i've never experienced living in a different country but i assume it's fairly similar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Well, technically, I am not an "Alaskan," I'm actually from all over the place. Born in Cape Verde, Africa....lived in Providence, Idaho, Gliwitz Poland, Paderborn Germany, Erie PA, Potsdam NY, Bonn Germany, Lancaster PA, and now here in Alaska. At this point of my life I'm going through a identity revolution pertaining to the presence of Native Alaskans all around me...I'm getting into archeological research about some interesting sites in Alaska...as I research, I get more and more a hunch that northwestern Alaska was once populated by a relatively developed civilization 2500+ years ago, making me really think about what Alaska could be if it reasonably started to balance out the culture based on what had been before, I think I'm going to start a movement to create a city based on a conglomerate architecture of tlingit and haida woodcarvings and inupiaq decoration man I'm going on a tangent lets get back to australians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 On the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 shut up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv_party Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 you know who else liked shrimp on the barbie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzado Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 do you dudes say crikey a lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 shut p lets go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 I'm just wondering, how does the idea of cultural identity work out amongst australians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 come on, the australians are just as baffled as the rest of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 well if you look at the most powerful new world countries originating from european colonization.......Australia seems like it ends up being the most problematic in terms of integrating culture and land. I have misconceptions about the Australian outlook on life that I'd like to get fixed....I know, Australia is a diverse place with tons of different peoples, but there has to be a unifying factor among Australians......or does there? Basically, what kind australians, as an australian, do you know, who love their country, for its history, geography, anthropology, etc. Also, how are aborigines viewed in the context of Australians? Its very obvious that the initial North American and Australian interaction with natives is highly similar, but is the ills of australian colonization more overlooked in Australia? Are the beginnings of colonial australian history kind of like starting out in the wild west and never having a revolutionary war? What are australian history textbooks like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 G'day, mate. I just killed some kangaroos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 i loven 'the proposition'. i also love nick cave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thief Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 dingo stole me baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Australia is Britain with a tan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Echo Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Its okay I guess... ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 whats with the corcks? i never got that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Its okay I guess... ! Is that what its like being an australian? No questions, no contemplation of where it is you are, the implications of the tectonic plate you stand on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Salvatorin, you are very odd. Very very odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 bonza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 the corks are for flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 A lot of the Australians I've met are staggeringly racist. Like South Africans with a sense of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 is there even that many Australians on this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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