Some good research there!"It is actually somewhere in the 16th century with modern European imperialism at its peak and the great influence of their civilization across the world that made the map Europe-centric — and hence North on top. While the Chinese referred to their first magnetic compass as South-pointing, by the time Europeans came to adopt it, they were already experienced in navigating by referring to the North Star, the only fixed star in the Northern Hemisphere. For mariners the compass was just an artificial replacement for the star. And since Europe was situated in Northern Hemisphere, which anyway had more landmass to be explored, North-up maps became a standard."
So David - Sydney, that's why Australia is 'down under'
Or is it this?
We have no issues being the "underdog"... and we tend to punch above our weight for a small population
Short haul flights for us are under 10 hours with long haul to east coast US/Europe being common. 7 hours for Bali from Sydney is a common holiday destination.
The word is still not used in polite company but basically any other swear word is common and inventive.
"NT" is the abbreviation for the Northern Territory. 1.4m sqkm (~3x the size of France) and 250k population.
An underground tourism slogan is See (C) you (U) in the NT. Widely available on T-shirts and other merchandise under Shopping...
See https://ntunofficial.com/pages/about
And then there is the "Gosford" skirt which is just below The Entrance... google maps
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/The...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==
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