Many Australian culture derives from European roots and more recently U.S., but the specific Australian evolved from the environment, aboriginal culture and the influence of neighboring Australia. The strength and originality of Australian arts (film, opera, music, painting, theater, dance, crafts) are now reaching him international recognition.
Australia had an important school of painting from the earliest days of European colonization and Australian artists of international renown include Sidney Nolan, Russell Drysdale and Arthur Boyd, not to mention the award-winning work of many Aboriginal artists. There are excellent museums (even in surprisingly small towns), a rich tradition in ballet, enlivened by the legacy of Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann, a Company renowned national opera: Opera Australia, became prominent through the internationally renowned diva Joan Sutherland, and symphony orchestras in all capital cities, particularly Melbourne and Sydney. In this field, the conductor Charles Mackerras is probably the most internationally recognized.
Thomas Keneally, Les Murray, Colleen McCullough, Shirley Hazzard Nevil Shute, Morris West, Jill Ker Conway Australian writers are world famous. DBC Pierre and Peter Carey have both won the Booker Prize and Patrick White's Nobel Prize.
In terms of pop music, Australian musicians and groups are not left behind. In the 1960s, The Easybeats and The Seekers made known their names in the world of pop. Since the 1970s, AC / DC is one of the biggest rock bands on the planet, while Midnight Oil and INXS won a major pop hits in the 1980s. During the 1990s, Silverchair and Savage Garden have been talking about them. Today, groups Jet and The Vines are famous throughout the country and make themselves known in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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