Australia is known as "Oz" as it is a colloquial abbreviation for the country's name.
Australia is sometimes informally referred to as Oz, derived from the last syllable of the name Australia.
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.
Why is Australia also known as oz?Oz is an abbreviation for Australia. Oz naturally came from Aussie, so there are two abbreviations for Australia. Like the Australian teamline "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi."(sorry if I gave you the wrong information but I'm usually good at stuff about Australia :])It is just a way of spelling 'Aus', the shortened name of Australia.
The name Oz is what the book and the movie 'The Wizard of Oz' and the country/continent Australia have in common. The name 'Oz' refers to the Wizard and to the beautiful, enchanted, magical lands in the original 1900 book edition and the beloved 1939 movie version of 'The Wizard of Oz'. The name 'Oz' also is a nickname for Australia.
Oh, dude, Australia is like the cool kid at the party with multiple names. So, like, another name for Australia is the "Land Down Under." It's where they have kangaroos, koalas, and probably some really good shrimp on the barbie.
Oz
"Oz" is an abbreviation of the pronunciation of "Aus-tralia".
Australia -> Aus -> Oz. I'm pretty sure it's just similar sound.. :) There is absolutely no connection between Australia and the Wizard of Oz. However, in 1992, Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating was dubbed "The Lizard of Oz" after he put his arm around Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Australia.
I have been told it is OZ but I cannot verify that.
Australia
Oz is a corruption of the pronunciation of the first syllable: Australia, which is normally pronounced Os-tray-lee-ah.