'AngloAustralian.com' is the name, - what's the game?

- welcome to AngloAustralian.com, - home of the an exciting new Anglo-Australian media enterprise co-operation.

Initially comprising the following sites:

www.AustraliAccommodation.com
www.EnglishTouristGuide.com
www.TravellersKingdom.com

Where a multitude of channels will be opening up, covering various general Anglo-Australian subjects, allowing you to gain extra, valuable exposure for your latest Travel idea, Sports web site or Political blog, simply by having it listed here with a - factual - promotional write-up, which will be trusted widely, as all entries will be subject to human editorial scrutiny and approval before posting

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How to make your mark on Anglo Australian?

- all you need to do, - is to submit your own original material like an article - preferably illustrated - relating to your anglo-australian interset whether it be as a hobby, line of work, general interest, your anglo-australian informational web site, or whatever really, as long as it's all 'Family-Friendly' and likely to be of interest to an average person . . .

- or if you're really industrious, you could apply to run a whole 'channel' on your chosen subject . . .

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- Stories and legends

from: wikipedia

Australian stories and legends have a cultural significance quite independent of their empirical truth or falsehood. This can be seen in the national obsession with the almost mythological portraial of Ned Kelly as a Robin Hood figure of sorts.

Australians, according to popular opinion, are relaxed, tolerant and easy-going and yet cling dearly to the fundamental importance of common-sense justice, or, to use the classic expression, a "fair go". Australians also have an apathetic, "she'll be right" attitude.

Australians, according to popular belief, make great sportsmen and superb soldiers. Yet like many legends, truths do stem from it. Australia has shown in the past and present, that for a country of just over 20 million people, it has achieved many extraordinary things on the sporting field, such as the 49 medals won at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Militarily, Australians have served gallantly on in war, ranging from the Battle of Gallipoli, through to current regional security missions, such as East Timor.

Australians see Gallipoli as its baptism of fire, similar to the Canadian experience at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, proving itself to Britain and the world. The Australian ideal of war is shaped strongly by the fact that Gallipoli was a defeat for Australia. Serving gallantly, and having respect for their Turkish adveraries (led by Atatürk), is seen as the Australian experience; nobility stemming not from the glory of victory or war, but from sacrifice and being noble in defeat. In this respect, the Australian war culture is one of commemorating all who died in wartime and thanking those who lived. This experience of war was repeated and entrenched at battles on the Western Front, such as the Battle of Passchendaele.

The legend of Australians being great soldiers has its roots in the AIF being used during the latter part of the war as the shock troops of the British Empire forces. The Battle of Amiens, known as the "Black Day of the German Army" during the First World War was a blow in which Australian soldiers played a crucial role. This image was the result of Australians being generally of a larger build and more active soldiers, the result of coming from a rural background; the majority of Australians knew how to ride and shoot prior to enlistment, making them good soldiers. However, Australians also had a lax attitude towards discipline. From this the notion of the larikin Digger emerged, an important part of contemporary Australian identity.

Australian language is contradictory too: it combines a mocking disrespect for established authority, particularly if it is pompous or out of touch with reality, with a distinctive upside-down sense of humour. For instance, Australians take delight in dubbing a tall man "Shorty", a silent one "Rowdy" a bald man "Curly" and a redhead is "Bluey". Politicians, or "pollies", be they at state or federal level, are generally disliked and distrusted. Ironically, the failure of the 1999 referendum on becoming a republic was arguably more about the prospect of a President chosen by the "pollies", than about any vestigial loyalty to the British monarchy.

Many of Australia's stories and legends originate in the outback, in the drovers and squatters and people of the barren, dusty plains, yet only a small proportion of Australians live in the outback, or even in the milder countryside up to an hour or two's drive from the cities. This was true even of the Australia of a century ago - since the gold rush of the 1850s, most Australians have been city-bound, Australia today being one of the most urban countries in the world. Nevertheless, after a century or more spent absorbing the bush yarns of Henry Lawson and the poetry of Banjo Paterson from the comfort of armchairs in the suburbs, the legends are real.

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