Culture Shock Australia

by Sharp, Ilsa

• ISBN13: 9781558686137
• ISBN10: 1558686134
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure. Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
The Typical Australian	9	(13)
Images, stereotypes and misconceptions	9	(6)
The honey-coloured facts	15	(1)
Self-image	15	(1)
The cultural cringe	16	(1)
The colonial past	17	(2)
Mateship	19	(1)
Scout's honour	20	(1)
The soft underbelly	21	(1)
Speaking Strine	22	(24)
An English-speaking country?	23	(4)
Thinking little	27	(1)
Conversation smoothers	27	(2)
The art of abuse	29	(3)
Mis-speak	32	(2)
Spelling bee damned	34	(1)
Joke for democracy	34	(1)
Your verbal camouflage	35	(1)
Glossary	36	(5)
Some idiomatic phrases	41	(2)
Some common aboriginal words	43	(1)
Some common diminutives	43	(1)
Selected acronyms	44	(2)
A Sense of Nation	46	(21)
How Aussies see themselves	50	(1)
How Aussies see some of `the others'	51	(15)
Nation	66	(1)
Being a Migrant	67	(22)
The shifting sands of immigration policy	68	(3)
Familiarisation techniques	71	(1)
The questions some migrants ask	72	(1)
You can take it with you	73	(2)
What use are migrants?	75	(1)
A migrant nation	76	(2)
Multiculturalism--handle with care	78	(2)
Integration without tears	80	(4)
Transportation	84	(1)
More bummers	84	(2)
Children change	86	(1)
On the positive side	87	(2)
Dreamtime Australia: The Aboriginals	89	(18)
They came first	91	(1)
Statistical phantoms	92	(1)
Trauma of a nation	93	(1)
For their own good	94	(1)
Absorbing the difference	95	(1)
Diet of death	96	(1)
Rights restored	97	(1)
The land-mother	98	(2)
The art of being aboriginal	100	(2)
A brand new day on its way	102	(1)
Sporting laurels	103	(1)
Black politics	104	(1)
The Mabo/Wik mess	104	(3)
The Leisure Ethic	107	(17)
Work and play	107	(1)
Slowing down	108	(1)
Appearances can be deceptive	109	(1)
Keep it friendly, mate	110	(2)
Don't judge this book by its cover	112	(1)
Sickies, overtime and wages	113	(1)
The dignity of labour	114	(1)
Service, civility and servility	114	(2)
Everybody out!	116	(1)
Handout heartbreak	117	(1)
After hours	118	(2)
Willow and leather	120	(3)
All a bluff?	123	(1)
Mateship and Machismo	124	(13)
Men and men, and men and women	124	(1)
Mateship	125	(1)
Mateship uber alles	126	(1)
Men's men	126	(3)
Role-swapping	129	(1)
Shelias	129	(1)
Convict chattels	130	(1)
Puritanism vs paganism	130	(2)
Fair go for women	132	(1)
Obstacles, real and imagined	133	(1)
Hair talk	134	(1)
Role models	135	(2)
You're On Your Own, Mate	137	(14)
Freedom and democracy	138	(1)
Don't classify me	139	(1)
Doing your own thing	140	(1)
Benign neglect?	140	(1)
No leaders please, we're Australian	141	(2)
Teamwork is Australian	143	(1)
Another way of getting things done	144	(1)
Dissecting democracy	144	(1)
Election fever	145	(1)
Government, government and more government	146	(1)
The fourth estate	147	(1)
The small screen	148	(1)
Mind my space	148	(1)
Freedom of the personal kind	149	(1)
Look the other way	150	(1)
The Great Australian Dream	151	(25)
Homes and gardens	152	(1)
Land hunger	152	(2)
The Australian style	154	(5)
Handyman mania	159	(1)
D.I.Y. is dinky-di	159	(2)
The gardening syndrome	161	(1)
Putting on a front	162	(1)
The family dog	163	(1)
Front-room formality	163	(1)
Loo lore	164	(1)
Other rooms	165	(1)
The barbie	165	(1)
Visiting	166	(1)
Trouble-shooting checklist	166	(9)
A few real estate jargon terms	175	(1)
Tucker	176	(24)
The Asian invasion	178	(4)
Cutlery	182	(1)
The Australian shopping basket	183	(4)
Fruit	187	(1)
Dining out	188	(1)
Shouts and splits	189	(1)
Traditional fare	190	(1)
Old favourites	191	(1)
And now for afters	192	(1)
Christmas	192	(1)
About tea	193	(1)
Bush tucker	193	(2)
Gourmet grubs	195	(1)
Grog	196	(2)
The grapevine	198	(2)
Earning a Crust	200	(20)
Just dig it up	202	(1)
A cautionary tale	203	(1)
The state of the economy	204	(1)
Wheelers and dealers	205	(2)
Boom-bust	207	(1)
Casino culture	208	(1)
Turning to the neighbours	208	(2)
That MFP thing	210	(1)
Turning things upside down	211	(1)
`Life is not meant to be easy'	212	(2)
Scientific excellence	214	(1)
The GST revolution	215	(3)
Your partner in business	218	(2)
The Earth Mother	220	(24)
Survival sense	240	(4)
The Philistine Slander	244	(18)
Still pictures	246	(2)
Moving pictures	248	(2)
Thespian things	250	(1)
Cabaret and comedy	251	(3)
Fancy footwork	254	(1)
Music	255	(2)
The literary tradition	257	(5)
D.I.Y. Australia	262	(15)
Basic fact-file on Australia	263	(2)
Historical milestones	265	(5)
Name dropping	270	(7)
Cultural Quiz	277	(4)
Do's and Don'ts Appendix	281	(4)
Resource Guide	285	(8)
Bibliography	293	(5)
Acknowledgments	298	(3)
About the Author	301	(1)
Index	302