What stereotype have you heard about us Aussies?

So you didn't ride a kangaroo to school? I am shocked! One common them that I head in America when I lived there was that Australia was only small like the size of England, New Zealand or California. a few of them were shocked that we had a similar amount of land to what they had in the USA!

Hi moonchildlau, I am an Indian you must have guessed. And as most of the Indians passionate about cricket. My relation with Australia was limited to Cricket and considered Australians as hard fighting cricketers. During my younger days that is in late sixties and early seventies I waited eagerly for the cricket season to begin in Australia and followed the game through radio commentary when Tvs had not arrived in India. Followed Kerry Packer Circus how it changed the face of the game forever and for good. In eighties again followed your cricket season closely through TV coverage. I always held Australia in high esteem till a spate of recent attacks on Indians. I don't know what prompted you to believe that only Indians are threat to your future prospects.

Just the other day, I read a news story about an elderly woman who was attacked on her farm by a rogue male Kangaroo. Apparently, the kangaroos were a very common sight on her farm and she was used to walking right through the kangeroos and doing her farm chores. But, then one day, the elderly farm woman was on her farm doing chores when the rogue Kangaroo male jumped up on her out of nowhere and was kicking her savagely with his hind feet. She started screaming and screaming and her little dog ran up and scared the kangaroo off with his savage barking. I was just so thankful to hear that the elderly woman was not killed in the event. She was knocked down on the ground and had bruises, but I don't think anything was broken. I'm just guessing that's not a regular happening over there. At least, I would hope not.

There are two commonly known stereotype of Aussie and they ain't nice. For the sake of discussion, I will put it down. One, Aussie are very proud and arrogant. Second, Aussies are a group of racist fellows.

I've had similar experiences with kangaroos & emus, wombats & a whole heap of wonderful creatures. I once tried to out-run a whole pack of emus in an old diesel Landcruiser & failed! The latest I've heard is from a young American female celebrity who was interviewed by our media regarding our work ethic. In comparing Australian & American work ethics, she believed Americans were far superior & cited that they were more ambitious, motivated & hard-working. Australians were just plain lazy in her experience. I think it's a fair enough comment, from the little she had seen.

Australia is a place filled with crocs and koalas where everyone where really skimpy shorts and walk around saying stuff like "crikey mate!" and eat anything that moves.

i live in aussie now even though i am not australian... the most common stereotype that i always heard about aussies is that the people are biased and discriminate against certain races... and in some occasions, i can say that this stereotype is true which make me a little bit sad... take care and have a nice day...

While the majority of the population live in coastal areas, the people living away from the coast are not all living on vast properties. There are hundreds, probably thousands of country towns...some of which are cities in their own right. There are large towns and small towns and little villages. Australia is the driest continent on earth so farming is concentrated near rivers and away from the centre of Australia which is mostly desert.

Hang on a sec...I live in Nowheresville and it doesn't happen here very often either...they are about 50 metres away from my yard. I've also heard that we have roos hopping up and down Pitt St but that was many many years ago. Please say people don't still believe that....lol.

I would assume that you are like everyone else. I haven't heard any stereotypes of Aussies. I don't believe that you have kangaroos running around the streets and was actually shocked that you stated that you had one in your side yard. I live in the U.S. and have moved around a bit all over this country. I remember when I lived in Chicago everyone would stereotype the people in the south and say they are all hillbillies and ignorant. Well I now live in the south, and it isn't true. They down here think "yankees" are the ignorant ones...go figure! I think there are people everywhere that always think everyone that lives in other places are ignorant. I have never been to Australia, but I know some people that have visited and they all tell me I would absolutely love it. I wish I could get over that ways...maybe someday after the kids are grown up and out of the house.