Question

In four or more complete sentences, explain how Australia’s geography has influenced the country’s culture, particularly its folk culture. Consider some of the cultural symbols of Australia that were identified in the lesson.

Answer 1

The correct answer is, Australia’s geography has influenced the country’s culture in the following ways.

Modern Australian culture is derived by the British influence when it was an English colony. Buth the geography and ancestral traditions have forged the culture of this country.  

The tribes were settled in Australia before the arrival of the English. These tribes have influenced today’s Australian culture. These tribes were the Oceanian people, the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islanders.

An important cultural heritage form those ancestors are the didgeridoo and the boomerang. Nowadays are relevant symbols that make people from Australia proud.  

Due to weather climate, Australian clothes are different from other parts, and they still have an influence on traditional clothes styles from the tribes.

Answer 2

If we imagine a giant island, full of different ecosystems, reliefs, hydrographies, climates, we imagine that in every region of that country, perhaps the only cultural element that all Australians have in common is the language (we do not english variations of small villages, former aborigene towns). Each geography, vegetation, climate, directly influences people's way of life, in a concept of adaptation. Art, music often, and in that particular setting, in Australian folk music, is considered a music that portrays a more peaceful Australian lifestyle. Letters related to feelings, elements of nature, with the sensations of what they saw and felt of nature around them. We are talking about a country with a diverse geography. If we talk about climate, we can see two clear examples: The climate of Sydney's tropical summer heat, and the cold snowy climate in Falls creek. The way of life and the vision of events influence when it comes to composing a song, or what kind of instrument can be used, depending on each subculture of that country.