d a diet comprising only fruit and nuts.suffered constant persecution by the authorities, was committed to various asylums and jailed. Ironically, he was regarded as a pervert for mentioning sex when he was something of a puritan in his teachings and lifestyle. However the public became fond of him and subsequently petitioned parliamentarians and the media to get him released. p align="justify"> * Billy Blue - Billy was a Convict of African decent. He was quite a character due to his respectable attire of top hat and discarded military uniform.colourful was his personality that his frequent law infringements were looked upon with a 'benevolent' air by police. p align="justify"> * Tim the Yowie man - Tim began his career as a mild mannered economist but during a bushwalking expedition, his life changed after coming face to face with a Yowie. (Australian bigfoot) realized his calling and gave up the figures to investigate those mysterious occurrences that others were too afraid to openly discuss. Tim named his genre "cryptonaturalism" and to this day, he remains the genre's only occupant. br/>
Economy and lifestyle
* Homicide - Australia was founded by Convicts. Its homicide rate is 1.8 per 100,000 population. The United States was founded by religious zealots. It's homicide rate is 6.3 per 100,000. Almost 400% greater than Australia. p align="justify"> * The ocker - 10 percent of Australians satisfy the definition of an 'ocker'. This 10 percent of the population consume 80 percent of the beer drunk in Australia. p align="justify"> * Gun toting-On average, American soldiers fired seven times as many bullets as Australian soldiers during the Vietnam war.
* Newspaper readership - Per capita, Australians read more newspapers than any other nation.
* Urban dwellers - Australia is one of the world's most urbanised countries, with about 70 per cent of the population living in the 10 largest cities.
* Gambling - Per Capita, Australians spend more money on gambling than any other nation.
* With less than 1 percent of the world's population, Australia has more than 20 percent of its poker machines.
* Australia's expenditure on arts products ranks among the highest in developed countries.
* The average world population density is 117 people per square mile, that of the United States 76 and that of Macao is 69,000. Australia's is only 6. p align="justify"> * Employment of Australians - 80% service sector 14% manufacturing 5% rural.
* 2.3 percent of Australia's GDP [31] is derived from agriculture.
* 15 percent of Australia's GDP is derived from mining.
* .02 percent of the Australian land mass is used by mines. More la...
