Australian Culture

Australian Culture: 

Holidays (Feiertage)
The most important holiday is the 26th January, a national holiday. It is also called “Australia Day”, based on the arrival of the “first fleet” and the settlement of the Europeans in Australia.
Another one is the ANZAC Day (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) based on the first participation of Australia and New Zealand on the first global war but I think that this is not a reason to party.
Not a real one but also interesting is the Melbourne Cup Day. It takes part on the first Tuesday in November and it is an official Holiday in Victoria (USA).

Traditional food
You can say that the food habits are the same as in England for example tea for breakfast. But with the time more non-British immigrants came to Australia. Many people in Australia prefer seafood for food.
But if you picnic with your family you have to eat some barbecue. All Australians love it. Another classic food is Vegemite, a spread for sandwiches which tastes like bouillon. I do not even want to try it:/
Also Australians eat kangaroo and alligator meat. Just like in Germany, we eat pork and beef.

Language
Different to most other countries, there is no official “main” language in Australia. Nevertheless, the main language among Aboriginal and other languages is so called “Australian English”, which is most likely based on British English since Australia was a colony of the commonwealth until 1901. According to linguist Bruce Moore, the major influence on Australian English is from south-east of England because of the many immigrants who went from there to Australia during the 19th century. Further the pronunciation is quite different from Standard British English because the prior use of Australia was the convict colony for British lawbreakers of which furthermore most were from Ireland!
Other characteristics are the option to choose between e.g. “behavior” and “behaviour” as well as an accent on the end of a sentence – similar to asking a question. Also, the Aussies like to shorten their words and expressions, making them sound a little bit like baby talk.
Examples are: 

“Brekkie” for ‘Breakfast’

“Oz” meaning ‘Australia’

or "Yagunna avashowah?" instead 

of ‘Are you going to have a shower’

...just to name a few !