Dianna and Culture | Information on British Culture

I had heard about this of course - but found this interesting information. Go and check here.

http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/issues/83/story01.html

There is a website which can help you with your English, and help the poor.  Go to http://www.freerice.com and you will be given an English word to find it’s meaning.  You will be given the choice of four words.  Click on the one that you think it is.  You can also click on the icon and hear the word if you wish.  If you get it correct, it will tell you so, if not it will give you the answer.

Each time you answer correctly rice is donated to the poor.

Go to FreeRice

Once again, one of the best places to go to see more information about the Media in Australia is www.google.com.au or www.wikipedia.com

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation - the ABC is the government media agency.  More information about the ABC is at http://www.abc.net.au

 G’Day mate!

There is so much on the Internet about Australian Culture? Is there anything in the college/university library on Australia?

You can click onto these websites for much more information.

Wikipedia is always a good resource - so make this your first stop.  Go to http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Australia

There are several Australian Government websites with information.

One is http://www.acn.net.au/

 This website also has some interesting information.

http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/index.htm

 as does this one.

http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/schooled/school_theme_pages/pid/1135

 and this one

http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/australia.htm

 Another Australian Government website

http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/arts_culture.html

One of the universities has put together information on Australian culture.  There is a lot of culture for a country only 200+ years old! 

Charles Sturt University http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/culture.html

 Australian Food websites

http://www.aussie-info.com/identity/food/

http://www.marimari.com/content/australia/food/main.html

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/foodanddrink/

 There are many strange, unique Australian animals, birds and flowers. You will find some information here.

Australian animals.

http://australian-animals.net/

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Mentzer/webquest/austan.htm

Any questions.  You can ask via comments, or do a Google search or ask in class.

RTE has radio and television in Ireland.  You can link to stories, photographs, podcasts, and news from

http://www.rte.ie

There is much on the Internet about Irish History.

One event in Irish history that is a significant event is “The Great Hunger” or the “Irish Potato Famine”

You can read all about it here - http://ww.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/irish_potato_famine.cfm

And exciting Irish dance troup is Riverdance. You can watch video clips of Riverdance at http://www.riverdance.com

RTE is the Irish Media - television and radio. Go to http://www.rte.ie - there’s plenty of information and podcasts.

Check on Google for more information.

Some of these are so silly - but they happen.  The best thing to do is go to this website and see what strange things the people of England do at times.  Cheese rolling?  Hurling a silver ball.

Click here 

Again there is a lot of information on the Internet and you can read the newspapers on line, and visit the websites of the television and radio stations.

Just go to Google and key in British Media.

Click here for information.

The Internet is a great resource on this subject.  Just go to Google and key in the subject for many pages of fact, fiction and opinion.  Don’t forget - the Internet is not all FACT.

One site to look at is http://www.britianusa.com/sections/index_nt1.asp?i=41012&d=10&pv=1

 If you find some good resources, please share your information via the comments section.

Wikipedia is also a good resource for information on this topic.   

There are many websites with information on the British Government. A good place to start is here at Wikipedia.

Another place to find simple information is this site.