<P> Colloquial names for Australia include `` Oz '' and `` the Land Down Under '' ( usually shortened to just `` Down Under '' ) . Other epithets include `` the Great Southern Land '' , `` the Lucky Country '' , `` the Sunburnt Country '' , and `` the Wide Brown Land '' . The latter two both derive from Dorothea Mackellar 's 1908 poem `` My Country '' . </P>
<P> Colloquial names for Australia include `` Oz '' and `` the Land Down Under '' ( usually shortened to just `` Down Under '' ) . Other epithets include `` the Great Southern Land '' , `` the Lucky Country '' , `` the Sunburnt Country '' , and `` the Wide Brown Land '' . The latter two both derive from Dorothea Mackellar 's 1908 poem `` My Country '' . </P>
which country us also known as down under
which country us also known as down under
Australia
Australia