In what ways has Australian culture become Americanised and what are the different influences?

Today’s Australian culture has been slowly over the last few decades become more and more Americanised in its ways. Australian culture has been influenced repeatedly by the American culture, which has seeped its way into Australia as the world has become smaller because of advantages in technology. Australia has been influenced greatly by the Media, language and sport, which America offers to people in Australia.

The three main areas of media in Australia are literature music and television. All three of these areas have slowly been Americanised since after World War Two ended. With travel becoming more common and easier during the 20th century …show more content…
All three of these sports have had a direct in the sporting category, which came from America. For Australian Rules basketball was the American opponent with a rise in the 1990’s basketball had the capability to become one of Australia’s most popular sports. For cricket baseball has been in competition since both of these sports were both introduced in the 19th Century. Finally rugby was in competition with Gridiron for a small amount of time. Gridiron, baseball and basketball were three sports all introduced to Australia because of their rising popularity in America and the popularity that these sports got from the Australian public shows just how easy it is for outside influence to gain a foothold in a society. The Americanisation of Australian sport has slowed down in recent years with the successes of Australian teams in other sports. But the Americanisation was there for many years. Australian sports are of great national pride but many of those sports have become as popular as they are because of the links that Australia has with America, and this link is what gives America the influence they have on Australian