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This is a photograph of lifesavers on a Sydney beach in 1941. Surf lifesavers were first brought out in Australia in 1906 due to a response of drownings in Sydney beaches. Although they are used else where throughout the world these days, they are still used predominantly in Australia. Australia is known for its beaches and its lifesavers. Not a single person has drowned between the flags to date. Since surf lifesavers were first, and are still mostly used in Australia, I believe this photo has a lot Australian culture behind it.


In the archives there was a music video from a show called 'The Aunty Jack Show'. The video was of a song called 'Farewell Aunty Jack'. I believe that this video, and the show itself, is very Australian due to the style of the show and the topics addressed. The show was a comedy series that ran from 1972 - 1973, and was about an obese transvestite who solved problems by beating them up or threatening to rip their arms off. She wears a blue dress, football socks and a golden boxing glove on one hand. This kind of crude humour, although inspired by the British, has it's own Australian edge to it, and was actually banned in America for being too vulgar.
The video of the song 'Farewell Aunty Jack' is shot in a typical Australian barren landscape near the ocean, and shows her riding the motorcycle she often rode. The song was number 1 in the Australian charts for 22 weeks.


Resources:
http://www.naa.gov.au/whats-on/online/faces/index.aspx
http://www.naa.gov.au/whats-on/online/feature-exhibits/memory/faces/photoWall.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aunty_Jack_Show
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_Lifesavers

If you would like to see the music video, it is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs9ma5oHVbE

Notice the comments such as 'unsurpassable. the highest ever peak in Australian kulcha'