difference between a british and australian accent, but it took a while.
To make it more interesting, there's also New Zealand and South Africa - and maybe Newfoundland.
Then, there are different accents between them. People in Perth will have a different accent when compared to what you'll hear in Tasmania. Australia's considered to have a few distinct accents, though I forget their names and regions.
Much like the US has varied accents, so do other countries - often with wide variations.
Then, there's also dialect... That's not tied to an accent in and of itself, at least not specifically, but there will be a wide variation given a large enough population. Someone from the city of London will sound different than someone from Birmingham.
There's often a bit of history behind these things. If you go to Lousiana, you might not just hear the French mixed in but you'll hear a bunch of other accents mixed in as well - including some remnants of Micmac (and nearby people) from when many of them migrated there.
Let's not forget Creole while we're there, as there have been all sorts of individual Creole languages since it was coined around 500 years ago.
Anyhow, I'm not sure if my point is all the at important. I'm just commenting to share that not all Australians will sound the same. It can, and does, vary depending on where they've lived and with whom they've spoken to.
