Australian folklore

A body of widely accepted but usually specious notions about a place, a group, or an institution.

[2] Traditional cultural expressions (TCEs or TECs), also called 'expressions of folklore': may include music, dance, art, designs, names, signs and symbols, performances, ceremonies, architectural forms, handicrafts and narratives, or many other artistic or cultural expressions.

[6][7] John Meredith Folklore Collection 1953-1994, held in the National Library of Australia.

[16] Australian Fairy Tale Society[17] Source:[18] Universities teaching intangible culture – The Australian Folklore Network holds an annual conference, the day before the National Folk Festival in Canberra each Easter.

[22] Davey, Gwenda Beed and Graham Seal (eds), The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore, OUP, 1993.

Antipodean Traditions: Australian Folklore in the Twenty-First Century edited by Graham Seal and Jennifer Gall.

Bunyip (1935), artist unknown, from the National Library of Australia
Red Dog statue.
A parade of tired-looking soldiers in a jungle setting
Soldiers of the 39th Battalion in 1942
Foo was here graffiti figure
John Batman
Don Bradman
Ned Kelly
Peter Lalor
John Longstaff 's portrait of Banjo Paterson
Pine Gap in The Northern Territory
Port Arthur Penitentiary
The Opera House, backed by the Sydney Harbour Bridge , seen from the eastern Botanic Gardens
Eureka Stockade battle by J. B. Henderson
Portrayal of Phar Lap winning the 1930 Melbourne Cup, from the 1983 movie "Phar Lap"
A selection of Australia's big things
The Marree Man
Photograph of a swagman , 1901