This description also vaguely matches 'Michael' in Crocodile Dundee. A statement that well describes Dundee is: '...and drinks deeply on occasion. Though he is the world's best confidence man...'

2. I believe there probably was a lot of truth in this description at the time. Russell Ward goes into describing details like even vocabulary and I don't think he could make all of this up in his head because it wouldn't be published if it was totally not true.

During 1958 Australia was still a very young country with a small population based on people from many nations. The towns were small and jobs would have involved manual labour rather than being 'thinking' jobs, eg: lawyer, doctor, orthodontist, etc. I think the conditions that existed in Australia back then could have shaped the person that Ward describes here to some extent.

3. From my point of view this statement still holds quite a lot of truth, even today. Having migrated to Australia in 1996 and becoming an Australian cit

This description also vaguely matches 'Michael' in Crocodile Dundee. A statement that well describes Dundee is: '...and drinks deeply on occasion. Though he is the world's best confidence man...'

'Crocodile Dundee' is also similar to the typical Australian today in his use of slang. He uses words like 'weaner' or 'shealer' and shortens some common words. Sometimes the Australian accent can be hard to understand, but especially to new arrivals or immigrants.

The 'typical Australian' is here referred to as a man because this writing is quite old and back then the male was considered more important than female. This is one of the things that has changed in Australia (as well as other countries) over time.

2. I believe there probably was a lot of truth in this description at the time. Russell Ward goes into describing details like even vocabulary and I don't think he could make all of this up in his head because it wouldn't be published if it was totally not true.

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