Australian English
My Life is Murder Cat Interview
Play videoAustralian newscaster interviews people involved in making the Australian TV show "My Life is Murder" about the cat they work with on set.
Australian English
Play videoLooking at the different Australian accent varieties. Also shows some popular language myths about why the Australian accent sounds the way it does, and shows a bunch of people pronouncing the same line.
Philippine English vs. Australian English
Play video"Philippine English vs. Australian English" is a funny YouTube video by a Filipino husband and his Australian wife illustrating the differences between the two different dialects of English. By comparing different words and terms between the two dialects, the differences are sometimes profound, incomprehensible, and often very funny!
G'day mate: 'Lazy' Australian accent caused by "alcoholic slur' of heavy-drinking early settlers
A newspaper article reporting on an opinion piece written by a communications professor at Melbourne's Victoria University suggesting that the Australian accent resulted from the slurring of speech of early (drunk) settlers. [Published on 10-27-2015]
Australian Youth Representative 2013
Play videoAn example of a young speaker of Australian English that might be considered "general," (on a continuum from broad - general - cultivated)
Australian Zoo Tour with Steve Irwin
Play videoSteve Irwin's Australian English is considered "broad."
Why do rappers have fake accents?
An interview with David Crystal on the speaking and rapping of Iggy Azalea, a white Australian woman who adopts AAE features in her hip hop style.
Commercial: Kiwi and Aussie kids
Play videoA 2008 Mitre 10 commercial with two Kiwi kids (one Maori, one Pakeha) and one Aussie kid talking about home improvement.