Australian Culture: Changes and Influences

This essay analyzes the gradual changes in Australian culture from the pre-colonial period to recent times. It explores the influence of music, societal norms, and Aboriginal culture. The comparison with Asian cultures highlights the unique aspects of Australian culture.

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Australia culture
Culture is a way of the life of individuals in a specific environment. It varies depending on the
environment as well as the type of individuals. The culture of the Australia individuals especially
years following the world war two was marked by important changes in the characteristics of the
Australian descents. Since the concepts of the culture is constituted with various aspects such as
traditional activities which cooperated with music, mode of the dress, languages, mode of eating
as well as housing structure, therefore the essay will analyses some gradual mode changes of the
life of the individuals from the pre-colonial period to recent habit of the individuals of the
Australia descents (Lu, Samaratunge & Härtel, 2011). However, in the early as 1950 to 1960
Australian acts of the music changed due to the introduction of the rock and roll music which
was introduced by the American descent that dominated the culture of Australia. Moreover, the
impacts of the role of music which was introduced by the American musicians actually can be
measured by the birth of the alteration of the culture (Shorofi & Arbon, 2010).
More importantly, during the eve of the World War II, Australian youths were expected to live as
well as stayed within certain social norms values that they hardly enjoyed. This is explained by
the journal researched by Chaboyer, Chamberlain, Hewson-Conroy, Grealy, Elderkin, Brittin nad
Thalib, (2013). CNE article: safety culture in Australian intensive care units: establishing a
baseline for quality improvement. American Journal of Critical Care,. Similarly, male
individuals youths were to find jobs to support their families while female one was to get marry
thus get children who were to maintain the continuity within the community. However, at that
time (world wartime) the word teenager did not exist. This was also seen in the Middle Ages as
well as other stages such as adolescents no one had an idea about them. Remarkably, the rebirth
of these stages was due to the introduction of the rock consent which was performed by the

American descent individual. The new social class of the teenagers was realized through the
birth of the rock and roll dance music craze. Therefore, through the music of the rolls and the
rock gave birth to the teenagers' stages such as the adolescent period. However, recent teenagers
of Australia were perceived as being so far touched with societal matters. Therefore, most of the
research depicts them as changers of the environment. The concert of the rock and roll influence
the youth thus fades away the fabric nature of Australia therefore, most of the parents showed
their animosity of the eradication of the community ethnic which was founded on the respects,
which most of the youths should be held upon (Altman & Hinkson, 2010). However, the sounds
and the concert of the songs of the rocks and the roll were perceived by the parents as the vulgar
which can actually erode the society’s status. Subsequently, parents were a bit nervous about
their children since they thought that they would try to imitates idol and attempted to scorn this
kind of the music in some of the eventful places such jukeboxes and as well as from the radio
(Lee, Manathunga & Kandlbinder, 2010).
Furthermore, Aboriginal culture established their own credence system over epochs, firmly on
the ties as well as the compression of their land. This is further illustrated by journals of Hu, C.,
Chand and Evans, (2013).on the effect of national culture, acculturation, and education on
accounting judgments: A comparative study of Australian and Chinese culture. Journal of
International Accounting Research. Just like any other societies, aboriginal descent of Australia
established beliefs based on their origin of the creation history. Based on the oral histories,
Australians believes that the knowledge on the land cooperates all the morals as well as the
cultural stages which individual believe. Some of these dreaming law constitutes the rights and
the responsibilities for the ceremonies as well as the rituals maintenance that was a means of the
existences within the traditional life as well as the resources. Therefore, through the sharing of

the economic as well as the ceremonial dealings with different groups enabled the cementation of
marriage as well as the kinship bonds.
With reference to Wiewiora, Trigunarsyah, Murphy and Coffey (2013) on Organizational culture
and willingness to share knowledge: A competing values perspective in Australian
context. International Journal of Project Management, suggested that different groups of the
Australia descents, both the living as well as the nonliving rudiments within the surrounding
were categorized under moieties where everything is identified. Through the involvement in the
tradition activities such as rituals as well as the ceremonies, majority of the youths were expected
to learn more about the dream stories which associated with designs, songs, dances and the
mastering of the communities ethics which cooperated through the ceremonies (Cashin,
Newman, Eason, Thorpe & O'discoll, 2010). In Aboriginal society, men and women in
combination had ghettoized rituals. Women ceremonies constitute fertility, childbearing as well
as herbal knowledge. Similarly, men were much concerned with the ceremonials rituals which
were more importantly around the resources that are the origin of the food. As one mature in age
he or she was expected to show some of the knowledge as well as the thoughtful, gained might,
respect and gratitude. Therefore both men and women are recognized to be mature if they can
make the right decision which can help in helping society. Thus their social interface is steered
by the dreaming policy which developed by patterned of the behaviour designed minimizes the
skirmishes thus maintains the continuity in the society (Wendt, 2009).
Discussion of my own identity and culture
Just like any other culture, my culture was a bit unique since I realized late after I have attained
remarkable age. However, due to the emergence of the white settlers in our regions, in the

approximation of the late decades, the state of life dramatically changed (Hare et al., 2012).
Nevertheless, due to the diversity of the community which we nourished upon, people had had
different type of languages other than the English. This was majorly entailed the languages
which can only be understood by the common descent individuals from specific language
groups. Therefore, before the coming of the Europeans, there were more than distinct languages
groups who were communicating different language (Delrez, 2010). Perhaps the majority of
these languages are still spoken up-to-date after the erosion of the culture by the introduction of
the common languages. However, due to the introduction of the curriculum which constituted in
English makes it possible for most of the individuals to mix the languages, that is the local
languages in the combination of English (Chaboyer et al., 2013).
Comparison of the Australian culture with Asian cultures
Aboriginal Australia has existed long bond behaviour mannerism in comparison to the African
way of life. In comparison to the Asia communities, they seem to have the oldest type of the life
as compared to any other communities such as Chinese which developed recently as compared to
Australia (Mussap, 2009). In the comparison of the dating techniques push back the comparison
of Australia above more than sixty thousand years’ time of the modernity. The research, clearly
revealed how Australia descent must have been the descent origins as those of the African
communities (Allen, Chiarella & Homer, 2010). This is so since the way they evolved are just
the same as the Africans. Based on the hypothesis research which was done clearly mapped that
the flood which occurred around 2006 swept some of the occurrence traces of the Y-
chromosomes linkages which indicated that in the olden times they once were together. This is
by far marked the Australia descent activities to be as those of the African communities.
Therefore, through the settling records of the movement suggested that the first Australia descent

was noticed in the African, then in Europe then finally in the Asia land thus this skeptically
suggest that Australia was once in the African. However, due to the fact they are once from the
African, they still carry some of the funny characteristics of the Africanism thus most of their
evolution still bears Africanism. This also explained their slow means of understanding
situations. The most logical aspects are the settlement which is characterized as the African
attitude of the settlement in order to obtain the food. This quite different from most of the
Asians countries in solving problems related to the sacristies of the food (Walton et al., 2014).
They also developed various cultures and the wide arrange means of the survival mechanism,
making them as the oldest primitive continuous culture in the world (Cunningham, & Morris,
2009). However, in the comparison of the Chinese as the examples of the countries which falls
within Asia, have greatly developed their culture in the sense that majority of the individuals
have ignored their old means of survival thus adopted the new means of the living.
The contrast between Australian ways of life to Asia countries
Most of the Asia countries developed faster in terms of the culture as well as education. This is
due to the abolition of the mother language at the expense of the newly adopted mode of
communication. This is contrary to Australia since it based on more than an approximation of
369 languages groups thus it is difficult for it developed a faster means of the communication.
However, majority of the Australia descent stick to their way of life thus makes it be more
difficult for them to change to newly formulated means of the way of the life, whereas based on
the Asia communities this contrary since rapidly changed to the new way of the life thus makes
them to developed faster as compared to the Australia (Wiewiora, Trigunarsyah, Murphy, &
Coffey, 2013). Similarly, the aboriginal way of life and the communities were various, diverse
and dynamic. Most of the culture groups have lost all or much of their traditional way of life.

Some of the communities within Australia tend to lose them in touch with traditional cultures,
whereas this contrary to the Asia communities which preserved their fabric nature within the
communities (McMahon, Penney & Dinan, 2012). In Australia, cultural groups are majorly
based on the groups which primarily knowns as the band, thus generally constitutes a round 10 to
21 family members however, this is so contrary to Asia countries like Chinese which speak the
same languages. Finally, the lifestyle, as well as the social organization of the society, is not
hierarchical thus firmly rooted in the dreaming law that is within the Australia. However, this is
so contrary to Asia countries like Chinese where society is hierarchical and entirely not found on
the dream law or the policy (Kapferer, 2011).
The five dimensions of the circuit of culture among the Australians
Power distance, literally means the degree in which the powerful people within the organization
or institution is distributed within the common individuals. The fifth dimension literally helps
me to understands some of the concepts cultures which was in Australia and doing some of the
comparison with other Asians cultures like Chinese. This generally means that some of the
perception of the power by the common individuals. However, with references to the Australia
culture, it is evidently clear that initially, its’ primary law was based on the hereditary thus it was
easy for the common individuals to follow. Therefore, they as follows:
i) Individual vs collectivism. Among the Australians, individuals vs collection generally
means extend in which people in Australia integrated into the groups. It illustrated
some of the relationship of the families and how it affects the culture in the past. Here
it clearly distinguished how the Australia was regarded as individualistic as compared
to Asia countries which was seen as collectivist in the values.

ii) Uncertainty Avoidances index. It states extends in which the tolerances for the status
quo of the people of the Australia was examined in the past. It explains how the
Australia societies raised the standard in the degree of the index thus they record high
codes of behavior, guidelines, law as well as absolute truth of believes.
iii) Masculinity vs femininity. Culture of Australia, states some of the belief they have
concerning masculinity which was attained through heroism, assertiveness as well as
the reward of the successive success. Therefore, through the achievements of the
femininity normally attained by such strong ladies who actually displayed, modesty,
caring and showing some of the qualities of the women. Contrary to the culture of the
Australia, muscularity was regarded as the taboo therefore, it was extremely low.
Similarly, just like any other nations, they recognized the disparity of the female and
males individuals.
iv) Indulgences vs restraint. Within the Australia, indulgences and restrained literally
suggest the measurement of the happiness. Thus the indulgences was defined as free
gratification of the basic as well as the natural human interest amongst the Australia
people. However, they termed restrained as the some of the factors which fuels the
gratification needs of the society thus regulates the social norms.
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