Nope. The modern rubber soled thong was invented in Auckland, New Zealand. It was inspired by a Japanese style of shoe, there is absolutely no correlation to Australia in the creation of thongs, we simply adopted it as our own.
We call them thongs, and yes, many Australians wear them.
In Australia, 'jandals' are called 'thongs'.
Flip-Flops! (thongs)
eh
the lydians
Us Aussies usually wear footy shorts,t-shirt and thongs but when we go out just jeans boots and a nice top either way for both sex's
where
the African tribes
you invente what you want to do
Steve Jobs of sure
submarine and steamboat
for people with poor eyesight...