Significant Australiana

This list includes: Animals; Architecture; Art; Artists; Authors; Books; Bushrangers; Clothes; Entertainment; Explorers; Fictional characters; Flora; Food; Icons; Landmarks; Military; Music: Folk songs and early songs; Music: Singers; Music: Songs; Poetry; Rebels and rebellions; Sports; Stories and yarns.

Animals (fauna)

Barramundi
Blue-Tongued Lizard
Box Jellyfish
Cassowary
Dingo
Echidna
Emu
Frill-Necked Lizard
Funnel-Web Spider
Great White Shark
Kangaroo
Koala
Kookaburra
Platypus
Quoll
Redback Spider
Rosella
Tasmanian Devil
Tasmanian Tiger
Wallabies
Wombat
Yabby

Architecture

Albert Street Uniting Church (Brisbane, Qld.)
Albury Post Office (Albury, NSW)
Anzac Memorial (Sydney, NSW)
Australian War Memorial (Canberra, ACT)
The Bell Tower (Perth, WA)
Brisbane City Hall (Brisbane, Qld.)
Brougham Place Uniting Church (North Adelaide, SA)
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse (Cape Leeuwin, WA)
Federation houses
Fitzroy Town Hall (Fitzroy, Vic.)
Fremantle Town Hall (Fremantle, WA)
Flinders Street Railway Station (Melbourne, Vic.)
General Post Office (Perth, WA)
General Post Office (Sydney, NSW)
Government House (Sydney, NSW)
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church (Deloraine Tas.)
Kalgoorlie Post Office (Kalgoorlie, WA)
The Manchester Unity Building (Melbourne, Vic.)
Parliament House (Canberra, ACT)
Port Arthur historic site (Port Arthur, Tas.)
Q1 (Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Qld.)
Queenslander houses
Queen Victoria Building (Sydney, NSW)
Royal Exhibition Building (Melbourne, Vic.)
Sacred Heart Cathedral (Bendigo, Vic.)
Shrine of Remembrance (Melbourne, Vic.)
State Library of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.)
St George’s Cathedral (Perth, WA)
Saint Mary’s Cathedral (Perth, WA)
St Mary’s Cathedral (Sydney, NSW)
St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral (Adelaide, SA)
St Patrick’s Cathedral (Melbourne, Vic.)
Story Bridge (Brisbane, Qld.)
Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, NSW)
Sydney Opera House (Sydney, NSW)
Sydney Town Hall (Sydney, NSW)
Vaucluse House (Sydney, NSW)
Warwick Post Office (Warwick, Qld.)

Art

Anzac, the Landing 1915, by George Lambert
Bailed Up, by Tom Roberts
A Break Away!, by Tom Roberts
Bush Idyll, by Frederick McCubbin
A Cool Corner, by Clara Southern
Down on His Luck, by Frederick McCubbin
The Golden Fleece, by Tom Roberts
The Letter, by Frederick McCubbin
Lost, by Frederick McCubbin
On the Wallaby Track, by Frederick McCubbin
The Pioneer, by Frederick McCubbin
The Prospector, by Julian Ashton
A Sergeant of the Light Horse, by George Lambert
Shearing the Rams, by Tom Roberts
A Solitary Ramble, by Julian Ashton
Tranquil Winter, by Walter Withers

Artists

Julian Ashton
Charles Conder
Albert Henry Fullwood
Heidelberg School of art
George Lambert
Norman Lindsay
Frederick McCubbin
Tom Roberts
Clara Southern
Arthur Streeton
Jane Sutherland
Walter Withers

Authors

Robert G. Barrett
Barbara Baynton
Louis Becke
Randolph Bedford
Geoffrey Blainey
Marcus Clarke
Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy)
Eleanor Dark
Edward Dyson
Miles Franklin
Mary Gilmore
Henry Handel (Ettie) Richardson
Xavier Herbert
Janette Turner Hospital
Ion L. Idriess
Henry Lawson
D’Arcy Niland
Banjo Paterson
Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis)
Patrick White
Tim Winton

Books

A Book for Kids, by C. J. Dennis
The Bulletin Reciter
The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill, by Dorothy Wall
The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers, by J. J. Kenneally
The Fatal Shore, by Robert Hughes
For the Term of His Natural Life, by Marcus Clarke
A Fortunate Life, by A. B. Facey
The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen
The Getting of Wisdom, by Henry Handel Richardson
The Harp in the South, by Ruth Park
I Can Jump Puddles, by Alan Marshall
The Magic Pudding, by Norman Lindsay
My Brilliant Career, by Miles Franklin
My Brother Jack, by George Johnston
On the Beach, by Nevil Shute
Out of the Silence, by Erle Cox
Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay
Power Without Glory, by Frank Hardy
Puberty Blues, by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette
Seven Little Australians, by Ethel Turner
The Shiralee, by D’Arcy Niland
Such Is Life, by Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy)
They’re A Weird Mob, by Nino Culotta (John O’Grady)
Tirra Lirra By the River, by Jessica Anderson
The Tyranny of Distance, by Geoffrey Blainey
Walkabout, by James Vance Marshall (Donald G. Payne)
We of the Never Never, by Jeannie Gunn

Bushrangers

Ben Hall
Captain Melville (Frank McCallum)
Captain Moonlite (Andrew George Scott)
Captain Starlight (Frank Pearson)
Captain Thunderbolt (Frederick Ward)
Frank Gardiner
Harry Power
Jack Donahue
John Gilbert
“Mad Dan” Morgan
Martin Cash
Matthew Brady
Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang
William Westwood

Clothes

Akubra hats
Billabong clothing
Bluey singlets
Bonds clothing
Bush hats with corks
Cabbage-tree hats
Driza-bone coats
Hard Yakka clothing
King Gee workwear
Pelaco clothing (men’s shirts)
Rip Curl clothing
R. M. Williams boots
Speedos (swimwear)
Ugg boots

Entertainment

Ask the Leyland Brothers
Bellbird
Blue Heelers
The Bush Tucker Man
Chad Morgan (“The Sheik from Scrubby Creek”)
Division 4
The Flying Doctors
Hey Dad..!
Hey Hey It’s Saturday
Home and Away
Kath & Kim
Kingswood Country
The Last of the Australians
Mother and Son
Neighbours
The Norman Gunston Show
The Paul Hogan Show
RocKwiz
Round the Twist
Rove Live
SeaChange
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Steve Irwin
The Sullivans
Two-Up
Upper Middle Bogan
The Young Doctors

Explorers

(See the list of Australian explorers)
Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth
Burke and Wills
Captain Cook
William Dampier
Matthew Flinders
Hume and Hovell
Ludwig Leichhardt
Thomas Mitchell
John Oxley
John McDouall Stuart
Charles Sturt
Abel Tasman

Fictional characters

Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors (comic strip)
Arthur Dunger (character played by Paul Hogan)
Barry Mackenzie (character played by Barry Humphries)
Ben Bowyang (comic strip)
Blinky Bill
Bluey and Curley (comic strip)
Crocodile Dundee (character played by Paul Hogan)
Dad and Dave
Crocodile Dundee (character played by Paul Hogan)
Dame Edna Everage (character played by Barry Humphries)
Fatty Finn (comic strip)
Ginger Meggs (comic strip)
Leo Wanker (character played by Paul Hogan)
Les Norton (in novels by Robert G. Barrett)
Norman Gunston (character played by Garry McDonald)
The Potts (comic strip)
Russell Coight (character played by Glenn Robbins)
Sir Les Patterson (character played by Barry Humphries)
Sheik of Scrubby Creek (character played by Chad Morgan)
Snake Tales (comic strip)
Swamp (comic strip)

Flora (plants, trees, etc.)

Australian tea-tree
Banksia
Bottlebrush
Everlasting Daisy
Fan Flower
Flame Pea
Grass Tree (Blackboy)
Grevillea
Gum Tree (Eucalyptus)
Happy Wanderer
Illawarra Flame Tree
Kangaroo Paw
Lilly Pilly
Native bluebell
NSW Christmas Bush
Pandorea
Spider Flower
Sturt’s Desert Pea
Swan River Daisy
Waratah
Wattle (Acacia)

Food

Aeroplane jelly
Anzac biscuits
Bush tucker (including Witchetty Grubs)
Caramello Koalas
Cherry Ripe
Chiko Rolls
Coon Cheese
Damper
Fairy Bread
Fantales
Four’n Twenty Meat Pies
Freddo Frogs
Golden Gaytime ice-creams
Hamburgers with the lot, including beetroot
Iced VoVos
Jaffas
Kangaroo steaks
Lamingtons
Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs
Milo
Musk Sticks
Pavlova
SAO biscuits
Tim Tams
Twisties
Vegemite
Violet Crumble
Yo-Yo Biscuits

Icons

Aerogard
Arnott’s biscuits
Australian Coat of Arms
Australian Flag
Bega Cheese (food company)
Boomerangs
Boxing Kangaroo flag
Bushrangers (especially Ned Kelly)
Dick Smith Foods
Diggers (Anzacs)
Drovers
Eskys
Ettamogah Pub
Eureka Flag
FJ Holden
Gold diggers
High country cattlemen
Hill’s Hoists
Larrikins
Mortein
Qantas
Redheads (matches)
Rosella (food)
Shearers
SPC (Shepparton Preserving Company)
Surf lifesavers
Swagmen
Uncle Tobys (food company)
Utes
Victa lawnmowers
Young and Jackson’s Pub

Landmarks

Ayer’s Rock (Uluru) (NT)
The Blue Mountains (NSW)
The Bungle Bungles (WA)
Cataract Gorge (Tas.)
Chamber’s Pillar (NT)
Cradle Mountain (Tas.)
Devil’s Kitchen (Tas.)
Devil’s Marbles (NT)
Daintree Rainforest (Qld.)
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Kakadu (NT)
Katherine Gorge (NT)
Mount Kosciuszko (NSW)
The Olgas (NT)
Russell Falls, Mount Field National Park (Tas.)
The Three Sisters (NSW)
The Twelve Apostles (Vic.)
Wilpena Pound (SA)

Military

Albert Jacka
Anzac Day
The Anzacs
The Battle of Beersheba
The Battle of Elands River
The Battle of Fromelles
The Battle of Long Tan
The Gallipoli campaign
John Monash
The Kokoda Track campaign
The Rats of Tobruk
Thomas Blamey

Music: Folk songs and early songs

Advance Australia Fair [text of the Australian national anthem, 1984]
— Advance Australia Fair [music videos]
— How “Advance Australia Fair” became the Australian national anthem
Botany Bay [text]
— Botany Bay [music videos; the song is also known as “Bound for Botany Bay”]
Bound for South Australia [music videos; the song is also known as “South Australia”]
Click Go the Shears
The Dying Stockman
Give Me a Home among the Gumtrees, written by Bob Brown and Wally Johnson
Kookaburra (“Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree”), written by Marion Sinclair
The Old Bark Hut
The Old Bullock Dray
Waltzing Matilda, written by “Banjo” Paterson
The Wild Colonial Boy

Music: Singers

[with music videos]
The Angels
Axiom
The Bushwackers
Brian Cadd
The Cobbers
Divinyls
Slim Dusty
Rolf Harris
Masters Apprentices
Dame Nellie Melba
Johnny O’Keefe
Melinda Schneider
The Seekers
Sherbert
Skyhooks

Music: Songs

[with music videos]
Clancy of the Overflow, sung by Wallis & Matilda
C’mon Aussie C’mon, by The Mojo Singers
Down Under (“I come from a land down under”), by Men At Work
Duncan (“I’d love to have a beer with Duncan”), by Slim Dusty and various artists
Eagle Rock, by Daddy Cool
Great Southern Land, by Icehouse
I Still Call Australia Home, by Peter Allen
I Was Only 19, by Redgum
A Pub with No Beer, by Slim Dusty
Sounds of Then (This is Australia), by Gang Gajang
True Blue, by John Williamson
Up There Cazaly, by The Two Man Band (written by Mike Brady)

Poetry

Australaise, by C.J. Dennis
A Bush Christening, by “Banjo” Paterson
Clancy of the Overflow, by “Banjo” Paterson
Core of My Heart [later re-titled as “My Country”], by Dorothea Mackellar
Freedom on the Wallaby, by Henry Lawson
The Geebung Polo Club, by “Banjo” Paterson
The Man from Snowy River, by “Banjo” Paterson
Nationality by Mary Gilmore
No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest by Mary Gilmore
The Play (from The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke), by C.J. Dennis
Said Hanrahan by John O’Brien
Where the Pelican Builds by Mary Hannay Foott

Rebels and rebellions

Barcaldine (1891)
Buckland River (1857)
Castle Hill Rebellion (1804)
Eureka Rebellion (1854)
Lambing Flat (1861)
Peter Lalor (1827-1889)
Rum Rebellion (1808)

Sports

[including the serious and not-so-serious*]
The Ashes [cricket, Australia vs. England]
Australian Rules Football
Don Bradman, legend of Australian cricket
The Darwin Beer Can Regatta*
The Henley-on-Todd Regatta* [Alice Springs]
The Melbourne Cup
The Moomba Birdman Rally*
Sydney to Hobart yacht race

Stories and yarns

Andy Page’s rival, by Henry Lawson
The Bush Undertaker, by Henry Lawson
The Drover’s Wife, by Henry Lawson
The Loaded Dog, by Henry Lawson

Updated 8 July 2025