What's more, during World War I we couldn't wait to rush off to the slaughter toĭefend the mother country (and, to be honest, our mother country couldn't wait to put us Queen of Australia! And up until 1965, God Save the Queen was our national anthem. Take a look at our flag, for example, or the fact that we are a monarchy - after all the Queen of England is also the It is also true that we have traditionally been very proud to beĮnglish. When I say dirty I mean slovenly and filthy. Violence but the Englishman is a dirty sneak and in some cases a deserter from The Australians' chief weakness has been drink and There are some very bad Australians I admit, but their badness Proportion of these wasters are not Australians, but Emmigrants fromĮngland. And we owe much of ourĬulture and language to the English, that can't be denied and is discussed elsewhere. We arrived in our convict ships, and set up camp. In the earliest of days, ofĬourse, we were predominately English (apart from the aboriginals, of course). Has always been somewhat of a love hate dichotomy. And its use brings up the whole Australian England relationship, which
Pom, or Pommy, has long been used in strine as meaning English, Gods or Flannelled Fools, Keith Miller and RS Whitington, 1954 have relegated us to the Never-Never as most unpleasantly accented, sport-crazy people whose idea of when and when not to imbibe alcohol are prehistoric who are badly dressed and often ill-mannered. I am often stunned to discover complete ignorance of Australia and its people. Sydney Morning Herald discussing Adrian Morley, 16 February Morely plans to be the best Pommy bastard he can be Stabbed Aboriginal Man's Sister, Perth, 25 March 2000
Pomland, or from whereever they come from. He just said he was stabbed by two Poms who come from Minister for Urban Services commenting on the formerĭirector of Town Planning with the National Capital Development CommissionĪCT Week 5 Hansard (27 August 1998) 5 Proud that, although he might have started life as a Pommy, he had become a fair It is great that he was able to come to a country and be The lounge in his hotel room wearing only a pair of shorts and eating icedĬherries from a bowl perched on his chest. The interview was informal - Hawke was lying on Sydney Morning Herald, after a Soccer Floggingġ984, when Britain was negotiating to sell some naval vessel or other toĪustralia, a deal which Hawke referred to 'the Poms "All I could hear were cries of 'Pommy bastard'," PrinceĬharles said at the school's anniversary dinner.Ĭharles bound for Sydney,, 4 MarchĮnglish television viewers woke on Thursday to see aĬherub-faced expatriate Australian, beer in hand, declaring: "Is thereĪny sport we can't win? You Poms are hopeless!"
Timbertop campus had been to turn out the lights. The heir to the throne said one of his duties at the school's School Prince Charles said he fondly remembered his time there as the resident "Pommyīastard". Last night during a speech at the exclusive Geelong Grammar Wilson, Singer, Words toned down for the Internet 'cause shit mate I was there I ought to know He said, "This land's not fit for animals, much less we of British blood!"Ī couple of aborigines heard, what was going on,Īnd one turned to his mate and he said, "f***ing whingingĬross me heart and hope to die, look I wouldn't tell a fib
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