Have you looked at a globe? When the globe is sitting in its normal position, where do you have to look to see Australia? Since the greatest portion of the world's population lives north of the equator, and therefore has to travel below the equator to visit Australia, it is "down under" to us. just entering the phrase "down under" in the search bar will get you a lot of articles about it.
Only Americans use this term (and perhaps Canadians), no-one else calls it that - certainly not Australians. It's because it is in the southern hemisphere in the bottom half of the globe.
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The answer is very simple.
We are situated south of or down under the Equator.
Have you looked at a globe? When the globe is sitting in its normal position, where do you have to look to see Australia? Since the greatest portion of the world's population lives north of the equator, and therefore has to travel below the equator to visit Australia, it is "down under" to us. just entering the phrase "down under" in the search bar will get you a lot of articles about it.
Only Americans use this term (and perhaps Canadians), no-one else calls it that - certainly not Australians. It's because it is in the southern hemisphere in the bottom half of the globe.
its because australia is 'down' or south compared to most the countries on earth
Because we love getting it down under in the bedroom.
Seriously, look at us geographically. We're down under on the map/globe!