It is not that we lack culture (although this is what initially crossed my mind), we are such a multicultural country that we simply get confused and find it difficult to define 'one' specific culture. This is why the Australian landscape is such a prominent theme in the art, because it is the one thing that is shared and understood by all that grew up here. Our culture is the bush rangers and gold mining, it is the red dusty desert and the long stretchers of white sandy beaches. If you are an Aborigine then the survival of your culture requires that you pass on what is known of the traditional Aboriginal art forms from your country, and there are many different ones across Australia. For many of us it is shearers and cattle, plowing the land... oh and the various cultures of the countries our ancestors came from.
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