Oz: Oz Attire
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Caption: What the Aussies might be wearing

Blurb: All the different sorts of clobber that various types of
Aussies wear for various activities.



Oz attire encompasses the usual range of global clothing people tend
to wear, such as suits for business people, unoseeme gear for the
armed sevices, etc. There are, however, also several sets of OzWear
that are individual to both Oz and sometimes certain occupations.
Note that these are not exclusively worn by all in the given
profession, and some are by now little more than stereotypical.



Truck Drivers:



	+ Blue singlet
	+ Stubbies (short shorts, "Stubbies" is a brand name)
	+ Boots



Note that this style of attire can also be found on many non - truck
- driving Aussies. It has a national popularity due to the ease of
movement and coolness on hot days that it offers.



Farmer:



	+ R.M. Williams trousers (again, R.M. Williams is a brand
	name)
	+ Flanelette shirt
	+ Akubra hat
	+ Drizabone (oilskin, full length waterproof coat)



This is the real "man on the land" kit, durable yet formal. The
Drizabone is not necessarily only worn when it's raining, they act
like waterproof armor and prevent your clothes getting dirty.



AFL Player:



	+ Same as truck driver, only all clothing in team colours.



All AFL (Australian Football League) players must wear clothing 2
sizes too small for them, so it ends up skin tight. This makes AFL a
favourite sport among women.



Volunteer Bushfire Fighter:



	+ Canary Suit (yellow one or two piece overalls)
	+ Boots
	+ Helmet with neck guard and goggles



These are seen at any self respecting bushfire. There is also a
similar set of attire for State Emergency Service volunteers, only
they are orange and don't have neck guards.



Couch Potato:



	+ Trakkydaks (track suit pants, preferably grey or faded blue
	and with holes)
	+ White T-shirt featuring the logo of a brand of alcohol or
	car
	+ Flanelette jacket



A regular sight on the couch in the living room of the house in
working class suburbia, watching some sort of sport on TV whilst
supporting a beer in one hand and a remote control in the other.









Images on this page:
	Image:
		Filename:    Attire/Shearers.jpg
		Caption:     Shearers
	Image:
		Filename:    Attire/AFL.jpg
		Caption:     AFL Players
	Image:
		Filename:    Attire/Farmer.jpg
		Caption:     A Cocky
	Image:
		Filename:    Attire/Bushfire.jpg
		Caption:     Rurals


Links on this page:
	Link:
		URL:         http://www.rmwilliams.com.au/
		Name:        RM Williams
		Description: A popular outdoor clothing company
	Link:
		URL:         http://www.akubra.com.au/
		Name:        Akubra
		Description: The trademark Aussie hat
	Link:
		URL:         http://www.kmart.com.au/
		Name:        K Mart
		Description: Where Australians really get their
		clothes from


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Bibliographical information:
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  + Title	Oz: Oz Attire
  + Creator	Starweb Document Generator V2.6
  + Subject	Australian Attire
  + Description	A brief and broad description of things
		Australian
  + Publisher	Lukas Tan
  + Contributor
  + Date	2003-05-05
  + Type	Content
  + Format	text/plain
  + Identifier	C:\Documents and Settings\Lukas\My
		Documents\Homepage\Oz\Attire.txt
  + Source	Attire.swx
  + Language	en
  + Relation	txt.swt
  + Coverage	Australia
  + Rights	Under Australian law, copyright of this document
		falls with it's publisher (Lukas Tan). Permission is
		granted for the use of the content of these pages for
		non - commercial educational purposes, provided that
		appropriate acknowledgement is given.
  + URL		http://www.effect.net.au/lukastan/Oz/