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Australian country show with livestock, horses, pavilion displays, woodchopping, show rides and families enjoying the showground.
Culture & Traditions

The Australian Country Show – A Tradition That Brings the Bush Together

Livestock, blue ribbons, woodchopping, showbags and fairy floss are only part of the story. Discover how the Australian country show became one of the bush’s most enduring community traditions.

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Traditional Aussie barbecue with sausages, steak and onions cooking outdoors while family and friends gather in an Australian backyard.
Culture & Traditions

The Aussie Barbecue – More Than Just Snags on the Barbie

The Aussie barbecue is about much more than sausages and steak. From backyard gatherings and beachside barbies to community sausage sizzles, discover how cooking outdoors became one of Australia’s favourite social traditions.

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: Traditional Australian country pub at sunset with locals on the verandah, utes, gum trees and an outback landscape.
Culture & Traditions

The Australian Pub – More Than Just a Place for a Beer

From colonial inns to country hotels and remote outback watering holes, the Australian pub has long been more than somewhere to grab a beer. Discover how the local pub became an enduring part of Australian culture and community life.

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Ten Pound Poms – The Migrants Who Helped Build Modern Australia

Imagine packing up your family, saying goodbye to Britain and boarding a ship bound for the other side of the world. Your destination was Australia. For just £10, thousands of British adults were offered the …more
Australian convicts arriving in colonial Australia, representing the era of transportation and the new lives many later built.
History

Convict Australia – From Transportation to a New Life

Between 1788 and 1868, more than 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia. Discover how transportation shaped the early colonies and how many former convicts eventually built new lives in a changing Australia.

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Gold miners working on an Australian goldfield during the 1850s Gold Rush with tents, mining equipment and a growing settlement.
History

The Australian Gold Rush – The Discovery That Changed a Nation

When gold was discovered in Australia in the 1850s, thousands rushed to the goldfields hoping to make their fortune. Discover how the Australian Gold Rush transformed towns, brought people from around the world and helped shape a rapidly changing nation.

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Australia’s First Peoples – Connection to Country
History

Australia’s First Peoples – A History Stretching Back More Than 65,000 Years

Discover the remarkable history of Australia’s First Peoples, whose cultures, traditions and connections to Country stretch back more than 65,000 years.

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Australian Tim Tam-style chocolate biscuits stacked on a plate with one biscuit broken open to reveal the chocolate cream filling.
Food & Drink

Tim Tams: The Chocolate Biscuit the World Fell in Love With

Two chocolate biscuits, a creamy filling and a coating of chocolate turned the humble Tim Tam into an Australian icon. Discover how this much-loved biscuit became an Aussie favourite and found fans around the world.

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Traditional Australian lamingtons made with sponge cake coated in chocolate icing and desiccated coconut.
Food & Drink

Why Lamingtons are Australia’s Sweetest National Treasure

Soft sponge cake, chocolate icing and a generous coating of coconut have made lamingtons an Australian favourite for generations. Discover the story behind this much-loved treat and how it became part of Australian food culture.

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Traditional Aussie meat pie with golden flaky pastry, rich beef filling and tomato sauce.
Food & Drink

Aussie Meat Pies: The Delicious Australian Classic We All Love

Golden pastry, rich savoury filling and a generous squirt of tomato sauce have made the meat pie an Australian favourite. Discover how this humble bakery classic became part of everyday Aussie food culture.

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