2007-11-30 19:47:25 · 15 answers · asked by Loly Pop 3 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
Because thats the way they named things waaaaaay back in them there days...it was South of the Equator and "Down Under" all the other continents. AND it stuck ever since and will forever and ever. The Aussies seem to like the nickname, so they won't let us change it. God knows I tried, man did they take a strip offa me. They seem to be proud of it. LOL!!!
2007-11-30 19:53:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
It's really a result of people's perception of the world based on maps, rather than a result of true physical location, because there is no up or down in space, the earth doesn't have a top or a bottom.
The most common world map design shows the northern hemisphere at the top and the southern hemisphere at the bottom. So Australia is considered to be at the "bottom" of the globe.
There are actually variants of the world map that are reversed and have the Southern Hemisphere on top and the Northern Hemisphere on the bottom, but this is not the widely accepted map style. Therefore, Australia is considered to be "down under."
2007-11-30 21:05:46 · answer #2 · answered by ardanienalmondite 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Sure. If you look at a standard globe of the world, Australia is on the bottom half. Of course, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and Antarctica are there too, but Australia is the most important.
2007-11-30 19:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
That does not worry us Aussies in the slightest because it refers to a song " The Land From Down Under" that we played big time back to you Americans when we took the America's cup of you in the yacht race and we are very proud of it.
2007-11-30 22:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by Live_For_Today 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Because "Down Under" rolls off the tongue easier than "Really big island located a long way south of the equator"
Another American kn0bhead with half a brain............
2007-12-01 03:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because its in the southern hemisphere
2007-11-30 19:51:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
It is in the antarctic...I mean except antarcttic...the most southern habitat on earth and inmaps south comes down
2007-11-30 19:51:18 · answer #7 · answered by hymy 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Because it's the farthest inhabited continent south of the equator, I suppose...
2007-11-30 19:53:17 · answer #8 · answered by D K 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I don't suppose it has anything to do with it's position on earth?
2007-11-30 19:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by punch 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
because its on the southern hemisphere and its in the south well atleast thats my opinion
2007-11-30 19:50:50 · answer #10 · answered by pimpin bunny 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋