Australia

Listen to people from Australia speak English in their native dialect. Please select a sample from the list below.

Australia 1  female, 40s, 1950s, Caucasian, Melbourne
Australia 2  female, Caucasian, Brisbane
Australia 3  male, 18, 1981, Melbourne
Australia 4  male, Caucasian, Brisbane
Australia 5  female, 26, 1973, Egyptian, Perth
Australia 6  male, 20, 1979, Caucasian, Sydney
Australia 7  male, Aboriginal, coast of NSW (Macksville, Nowra & Stony Creek)
Australia 8  female, Caucasian (Turkish-Greek), Coburg (near Melbourne)
Australia 9  male, 51, 1949, Caucasian (Polish-Jewish), Melbourne
Australia 10  female, 21, 1979, Caucasian, Brisbane
Australia 11  female, 67, 1934, Caucasian, Wallaroo
Australia 12  male, 47, 1968, Caucasian, Sydney (France & Spain, too)
Australia 13  female, 77, 1925, Caucasian, Sydney & Scone
Australia 14  female, 47, 1955, Caucasian (Anglo-Aus), Terang & Geelong (Vic.)
Australia 15  female, 64, 1938, Caucasian (Polish-Jewish), Australia & Europe
Australia 16  male, 56, 1947, Caucasian, Melbourne and Europe
Australia 17  female, 25, 1980, Caucasian, Tasmania
Australia 18  female, 58, 1950, Caucasian, Penrith (New South Wales)
Australia 19  female, 66, 1942, Caucasian, Penrith & St. Mary’s (Holland, too)
Australia 20  female, 22, 1986, Caucasian, rural NSW (Macksville & Bowraville)
Australia 21  male, 28, 1980, Caucasian, Sydney & Macksville
Australia 22  male, 23, 1986, Asian, Perth
Australia 23  male, 26, 1984, Caucasian, Perth
Australia 24  male, 19, 1991, Caucasian, Melbourne
Australia 25  male, 37, 1975, Caucasian, Alstonville & Newcastle
Australia 26  male, 22, 1991, Caucasian, Brisbane
Australia 27  male, 25, 1989, Caucasian, Melbourne
Australia 28  female, 53, 1960, Chinese-Australian, Sydney and Tasmania
Australia 29  female, 25, 1989, Italian/black/Native American, Perth
Australia 30  female, 27, 1988, Australian-Italian Caucasian, Adelaide
Australia 31  female, 27, 1988, Indigenous Australian/Cherokee/African-American, Perth
Australia 32  male, 22, 1993, Australian/Caucasian, Perth
Australia 33  male, 29, 1987, Australian/Caucasian, Adelaide
Australia 34  female, 22, 1997, Australian/Caucasian, Melbourne
Australia 35  female, 23, 1997, Australian/Caucasian, Melbourne (Brighton)
Australia 36  female, 20, 2001, Australian/New Zealander/Caucasian, Canberra
Australia 37  female, 17, 2005, Australian/Caucasian, Sarina (near Mackay, Queensland)
Australia 38  male, 54, 1969, Australian/Caucasian with European ancestry, rural WA
Australia 39  male, 66, 1956, Australian/Caucasian (English/Irish), Yalgoo (rural WA)
Australia 40  male, 60, 1963, Australian/Caucasian (English ancestry), Mount Barker (WA)
Australia 41  male, 65, 1958, Australian/Caucasian, Mount Magnet (WA)
Australia 42  male, 46, 1976, Australian/Caucasian (Scottish/English), Queensland
Australia 43  male, 53, 1970, Australian/Caucasian (British), Carnarvon and Thornlie (WA)
Australia 44  male, 48, 1975, Australian/Caucasian (Danish/Irish), Mount Magnet (WA)
Australia 45  female, 20, 2003, Australian/Caucasian, Newcastle (NSW)
Australia 46  non-binary, 18, 2005, Australian/Caucasian, Mount Magnet (WA)

For a discussion of the Australian dialect, listen to this podcast by IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier and IDEA Associate Editor Linda Nicholls-Gidley. And for more information on Australia, visit Wikipedia.