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Slip Slop Slap - Australians aren't doing it often enough say experts

-- There’s a downside to being Australian: rising rates of fatal skin cancer caused by over exposure to the sun.... more

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Family tradition under threat

-- Family-owned Aussie businesses heading for extinction... more

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Iconic Aussie brand Vegemite a world hit

Sydney | July 22, 2008 -- Iconic Australian brand is among the most loved, alongside giants Coca Cola and Nike.... more

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Gums among the Ivy

Harvard, USA -- Australians form distinctive communities in two of the world's great universities.... more

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ARTICLE - A True Identity, Fully Articulated

Ross Amorelli - 6 May 2008 -- After a few more beers I began to discuss the concept of being Australian...... more

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Tourists crave the real 'Australian' experience

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Sociologist says greater sense of community essential

MELBOURNE, 11 February 2008 -- Ernest Healy says Australian-born residents of multicultural suburbs are less likely to be volunteers... more

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Floridians Find Out How To Be Australian

Pembroke Pines, Florida - Sunday, October 28, 2007 -- Brigitte von Bulow 'being Australian' at 3-day fesitval in Florida... more

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Australian wellbeing hits slump

September 06, 2006 -- Survey says we feel increasingly disconnected from each other... more

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Hugh Mackay on Relationships

-- "The more we feel connected to our various communities...the better equipped we will be..." (Hugh Mackay)... more

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Being Australian in the News

Sydney, 5 September 2005 -- Sydney's 2SER-FM 107.3 asks Being Australian creator, Doug Kirkpatrick, about the website. ... more

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Macquarie University taps Being Australian for Marketing Course

SYDNEY: 15 May 2005 -- Being Australian is to be the focus of a third-year marketing course at Sydney’s Macquarie University in 2005... more

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FOUND: Man with Flag from the Pilbara

SYDNEY: 16 January 2005 -- We Found him - the bloke with the flag we saw in Port Hedland on Australia Day 2004... more