Australiana: cork hat, beer and thongs

A cork hat is a type of headgear with cork strung from the brim, to ward off insects. A hat is a headcovering It may be worn for protection against the elements for religious reasons for safety or as a Fashion accessory. Cork material is a Prime-subset of generic cork tissue, harvested for commercial use primarily from the Cork Oak tree Quercus

Traditionally worn by jackaroos and swagmen in the blow-fly infested Australian outback, ^[1] the cork hat has since become part of the sterotypical representation of the Australian ocker. In the Australian lexicon stockman is the traditional name given to a person who looks after the Livestock on a large property known as a station and owned A swagman (also called tussocker) is an old Australian term describing an underclass of transient temporary workers who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying Outback or the Outback refers to remote arid areas of Australia, although the term colloquially can refer to any lands outside of the main Urban areas A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group The term Ocker is used both as a noun and adjective for an Australian who talks and acts in an uncultured manner ^[2] The shape and material of a cork hats vary, though typically they are shaped like slouch hat. A slouch hat is a wide-brimmed Felt Hat with a chinstrap most commonly worn as part of a Military Uniform. Pieces of cork, often shaped as bottle stoppers, are threaded on string as to hang from the brim of the hat. A stopper is a truncated conical piece of Rubber, cork, Glass, or Plastic used to close off a Glass tube piece of Laboratory The low density of cork means a number of pieces may hang from a hat without adversely increasing the weight. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different Movement of the head causes the corks to swing in a swatting motion, thereby discouraging insects from swarming around the wearer's head. A flyswatter is a hand-held device for swatting flies and other Insects Though the modern flyswatter usually just usually consists of a small rectangular The SWARM Remote Weapon System (Stabilised Weapon And Reconnaissance Mount is a fully armored Remote weapon system designed and built by the Thales Group in ^[3]

See also

• Culture of Australia

References

External links

• Cork hat cartoons