Australian Native T-Shirts is a family owned and operated independant seller of Australiana. Our products are in stock in Sydney and ready to ship to you!
Meet Some Australians... Here is a delightful list of all the lovely animals in Australia that can kill, harm, scare, annoy or “just” give you lots and lots of pain – it’ll certainly make you want to visit our shores (with body armour and jungle strength bug spray on!).
Most Australian’s would remember the Ettamogah Pub as the cartoon pub featured in the old Australia Post magazine by cartoonist Ken Maynard. The first ‘Ettamogah Pub’ was built 10km north of Albury, NSW and since then others have been built in Sydney, the Sunshine Coast in QLD and in Cunderdin Western Australia.
It really is quite a quirky building where you can get a beer and most Aussies enjoy visiting them when they are in the area.
One of the products we’re proudest to carry on Australian Native T-Shirts is the range of pewter figurines and belt buckles made by Aradon Pewter.
Being an Australian owned and operated family business, we’re proud to support another business that offers 100% Australian made products and it’s also run by a family, just like ours! We find that Aradon really care about the product they make and the quality is excellent.
One of the pewter series offered by Aradon is the Australian Heritage range and it features scenes from the past and present including stockmen, shearers, Aboriginal figurines, swagmen and other country icons including Ned Kelly – our most famous outlaw! If you’re looking for Australian bush icons, the heritage range is the place to browse.
And of course we couldn’t miss the huge range of pewter Australian animal figurines – they go so well with our Aussie animal t-shirts and gifts! Both small and large figurines are made with the largest being just 10cm or so in size, the detail around the animals is amazing.
Many animals are covered including Aussie reptiles like the goanna and crocodile, birds like the cockatoo and kookaburra, unique natives like the kangaroo, koala, echidna and platypus and so much more – check out our full range of Australian animal pewter figurines here.
Another range of course is the wide range of hand finished pewter belt buckles from Aradon. Unlike a lot of the poor imitations, these buckles are actually made in Australia from pewter and the quality cannot be matched by imports that only claim to be pewter. Aradon produce Australian buckles, country designs, sporting/rodeo buckles and motorcycle logo buckles – all fully licensed.
Here we have a few fun and interesting facts from Australia – We will add more of these every now and then, sure makes for an interesting read!
Australia is the worlds biggest island and also the smallest continent (bizarre right?!).
The largest organic construction on earth is in Australia and is known as the Great Barrier Reef (been there, must visit!).
Tasmania is know to have the cleanest air in the world (who knew?).
In 1954 Bob Hawke (former Prime Minister) made it into the Guinness Book of Records – why? He drank 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds (he was a bit of a larrikin wasn’t he?).
There are 1500 hundred species of Australian spiders (eek!).
There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia, and only 24.4 million people (as of April 2017).
Australia has the biggest number of wild one humped camels in the world (i don’t really know what to say about that).
The city of Melbourne in Australia has one of the largest Greek populations in the world outside of Athens Greece (not surprising).
No wonder they call Australia the land of wonders – this is just a drop in the ocean of fun facts available for our great land.
At Australian Native, we’ve been selling tuxedo t-shirts for years. Originally when we thought about adding them to our range we thought.. would people really wear these? It’s so 80’s! Would they be considered daggy (for international visitors – daggy kinda means uncool or goofy) or would people really buy them?
Well it turns out they make great t-shirts for parties, work functions, sports award nights and we’ve even sold them for casual weddings where the bride and groom had a wonderful sense of humour! Not to mention the baby size tuxedo t-shirt for the child in attendance (hehehe).
We’ve kitted our whole football teams for a trophy night, convention visitors for a Mafia party, staff members for a work party, individuals for a James Bond 007 party and so many more events. Even school formals (or proms) have had a look in because not every guy wants to wear a traditional tux.
After carrying the black and white tuxedo t-shirt for quite a period of time, we added childrens tuxedo t-shirts to the range, then womens cut tuxedo t-shirts. For the great Australian BBQ (which we all know is very formal), we added a Tuxedo BBQ Apron!
So whether you think it’s daggy or it’s cool.. it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than an actual tuxedo – think about that next time you’re attending an event where you can get away with it! View our full range of tuxedo t-shirts here.
The author of this poem is unknown as it was received via e-mail however we thought it sounded like a true blue Aussie male so we’re sharing it here. Who said Australian men weren’t romantic?!
An Australian Love Poem.
Of course I love ya darlin You’re a bloody top-notch bird And when I say you’re gorgeous I mean every single word.
So ya bum is on the big side I don’t mind a bit of flab It means that when I’m ready There’s somethin there to grab.
So your belly isn’t flat no more I tell ya, I don’t care So long as when I cuddle ya I can get my arms round there.
No Sheila who is your age Has nice round perky breasts Yurs just gave in to gravity But I know ya did ya best.
I’m tellin’ ya the truth now I never tell ya lies I think it's very sexy That you’ve got dimples on ya thighs.
I swear on me nanna’s grave now The moment that we met I thought you was as good as I was ever gonna get.
No matter what u look like I’ll always love ya dear Now shut up while the footballs’ on And fetch another beer.
Here we have the lyrics to an iconic Aussie song called “I am Australian” (also known as We are Australian) which was written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Dobe Newton of The Bushwackers. It’s a very patriotic song – commonly taught in primary schools and was even one of the songs under consideration to replace our National Anthem!
I Am Australian / We Are Australian Song Lyrics
I came from the dream-time, from the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame. I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come. For forty thousand years I’ve been the first Australian.
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I came upon the prison ship, bowed down by iron chains. I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains. I’m a settler, I’m a farmer’s wife on a dry and barren run A convict then a free man, I became Australian.
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I’m the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road I’m a child of the depression, I saw the good times come I’m a bushy, I’m a battler, I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I’m a teller of stories, I’m a singer of songs I am Albert Namatjira, I paint the ghostly gums I am Clancy on his horse, I’m Ned Kelly on the run I’m the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian.
I’m the hot wind from the desert, I’m the black soil of the plains I’m the mountains and the valleys, I’m the drought and flooding rains I am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they run The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian I am, you are, we are Australian.
The current design of the Australian Flag was chosen in 1901 following our Federation though the exact specifications were changed at different times. The current specifications were published in 1934 and in 1954 it became legally recognised as the Australian National Flag.
It is comprised of the Union Flag in the upper hoist corner and a large white seven pointed star in the lower hoist quarter, this is known as the Commonwealth Star.
The other stars on the Australian Flag represent the Southern Cross constellation.
We carry a number of products at Australian Native T-Shirts that have the Australian Flag on them from t-shirts, to stubby holders, caps, towels and a host of other things. Make sure you check them out and show how proud you are to be an Australian.
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