... infrastructure, including education, training, health and transport," (Australian Government, Department of Affairs and Trade, 2004). The 'high standard of living', including many cultural aspects (such as health, education, employment and tourism) that Australians have enjoyed since the nineteenth century is just one way in which culture and economics are related. To understand how culture and economics are related, it is first imperative to understand what culture is. Generally speaking, culture is, "...the social production of meaning and understanding, whether in the inter-personal and practical organisation of daily routines or in broader institutional and ideological structures," (Cunningham, 1992, p.vii). To define Australian Culture, however, is a more difficult task, as our culture has changed, and no doubt will continue to change, over time. Cunningham states that " 'Cultural Identity' [involves] some sense of Australianness, of our nationalism as a distinct form of social organisation," (Cunningham, 1992, p.vii). Ask citizens of other nations what ...

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