Figure 1: Culture in Australia (The Dreamers)

      For as long as humans have been around culture has followed them. Whenever a group of people invents something new, they think of a new way of doing something or create a piece of art work that group of people are creating culture. Culture is defined as the beliefs, customs, art, etc., of a group of people. Culture can be separated into four more specific sections: Gender, language, religion and how it affects globalization. Every society has gender roles, and Australia is no exception. A recent study found that 90% of women in Australia do the child care work and 70% do all the house work. On the other side, the fathers are only responsible for 14% of the household work leaving the children with the rest. Matching what the text book says about gender roles, Australia follows the traditional path of what men and women's roles in their culture can be (Source 1). The diverse languages found in Australia make up a large part of the Australian culture. Much of the aboriginal languages spoken in early Australia still remain  today. Australia has many different languages, but English is the primary language spoken. This is because England colonized Australia the English culture has a heavy impact on Australia. Most Australians have accents similar to those found in England, but with other languages and accents influencing the people of Australia they created their own accent that they call Australian-English (Source 2). Similarly to what happened with their accents and language, since the English colonies who colonized Australia were predominantly Roman Catholic a vast majority of the population of Australia is Roman Catholic today (Source 3). The aboriginal peoples, like their language, continue to have their own culture and their own religion that they call "The Dreaming". Today, there are aspects of Australian culture intertwined into American lives. You can find foods like Vegemite and Tin Tam in a grocery store and kids play with traditional hunting tools called boomerangs. Because of globalization, Australian culture is influencing places all over the world. 

Work Cited:

(Source1)http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm1/fm37gr.html

(Source 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Australia

(Source 3) (Figure 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Australia