Fun Facts about Australia

G’day is hullo, pronounced Gidday which is a shortened form of Good Day, and used mostly in informal situations.

Bloke is an Aussie male who generally is a hard worker and does the right thing. Eg., "Bill’s a Good Bloke".

Mate is Friend, mainly for males. Everyone in Australia is mate, so we would often say "G’day mate" or "Thanks mate".

Onya means Well Done, a shortened form of Good On You.

Population clock

On 13 January 2008 at 02:18:20 (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:
21,183,500

This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 30 June 2007 and assumes growth since then of:
one birth every 1 minute and 56 seconds,
one death every 3 minutes and 58 seconds,
a net gain of one international migrant every 3 minutes and 5 seconds leading to an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minutes and 42 seconds.