Do Australians have British accents or are their accents entirely different?

Question

Do Australians have British accents or are their accents entirely different?

Answer 1

They have an entirely different accent as well as a wonderful variety of slang words.  They also abbreviate as many words as possible eg: Football = footie, Australian = Ozzie

Answer 2

Australians have their own accent, which sounds something like a cross between an English and an American accent.  It's rather hard to describe though - to really hear what an Australian accent sounds like, I would suggest watching an Australian soap opera like Neighbours or Home And Away

Answer 3

slightly different

Answer 4

G'day mate! Stone the flamin' crows! Only the ruling class Australians have British accents.

Us plebs got this horrible whining tone to our voice. It comes from our convict heritage.

Answer 5

no they have a whiny tang to thier accents

Answer 6

entirely different

Answer 7

They have an entirely differnt accent as do New Zelanders, South Africans, Canadians and Americans, even though we were all colonies.

Answer 8

Different.  And not only is the accent different, but they have many of their own words and collequilisms as well, so a word may mean something in the US, be diferent in the UK, and be different again in Aussie.

Answer 9

The normal speaking voices of Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Heath Ledger are examples of General Australian accents,

Hugh Grant is the Brit accent take your pick and compare their styles.

Answer 10

Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Indians all speak English and were all part of the British Empire, but none of them sound like Brits. Each has its own distinctive accent.