They are not called Oz, they are refered to as Aussies.
Sometimes Australia itself is spelled in a colloquial way as Oz, which is just a play on the name Australia.
Australia is called "Down under" because the entire continent lies "down under" the equator. "Oz" comes from the shortened, badly pronounced version of the name "Australia" - as in "Auz-tralia".
because they are from Australia, or they have Australian blood.
Oz originated with the nickname Aussie (any thing Australian). It was then was shortened even further to oz. With oz being spread overseas, Australia was then known as oz.
"Oz" is short for "Aus" which is the abbreviation for Australia.
They call it "Down Under" because it's the only inhabited continent that is entirely below the equator.
Aussy is a shortened form of AUStralia.
Australia = Aus = OZ
If you say Australia it sounds like Oz-stralia, it's simply shortened. Australians are often called "Aussies" which is pronounced "Oz-ies", so that's where the name "Oz" comes from. OZ sounds like the AUS in Australia.
Australian natives are called Aborigines.However, they do not refer to themselves by that name, instead preferring the term indigenous Australians. They are also known as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Australians could be called Aussies, because that is a short form of the name. Sometimes, Australia is called OZ because of this term. I haven't heard anyone call Australians "ozzies" however. To be polite, you should call Australians Australians, not Aussies.
There are many dating sites available for Australians. These include RSVP which is the largest online dating site service in Australia. There is also a site called datingsiteaustralia.
The wikipedia page of Australia is a great source of information on Australians. There's also a site called Australia, which has all the information you will need about the beautiful coutry ''Downundah''!
"OZ" applied to Australia is a colloquial abbreviation as in "OZtralia", possibly because Australians refer to themselves as Aussies, or Ozzies.
Australian natives are called Aborigines.However, they do not refer to themselves by that name, instead preferring the term indigenous Australians. They are also known as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Easy they are called Australians or Aussies
Australians play a very popular instrument that's in the woodwind family called the didgeridoo.
Hippies were Hippies. Australians were called diggers.
In Australia, it is called aluminium.
Their natives are called Aborigines.