Culture, famous people Contemporary Australian culture combines influences from around the world. The dragons and fireworks of Chinese New Year, the carnival atmosphere of an Italian street fiesta, the gongs and flowers of a Laotian Buddhist festival - these diverse celebrations are as at home in contemporary Australia as Christmas, Anzac Day and cricket. Australia's cultural diversity ensures it receives the best the world can offer in the performing arts, as well as producing masterpieces …showed first 75 words of 281 total…

…showed last 75 words of 281 total…February (odd-numbered years), Adelaide presents Womadelaide, a music festival presenting indigenous musicians from around the world who perform to thousands of people under a canopy of trees in Adelaide's Botanic Park. Outside the cities, just about every country town hosts an annual agricultural show. As well as providing a lot of family fun, these displays of local crafts, produce, livestock and horse riding, sheep shearing and wood chopping offer a memorable look at rural Australia