Do Australians have British accents or are their accents entirely different?

Do Australians have British accents or are their accents entirely different?
They have an entirely differnt accent as do New Zelanders, South Africans, Canadians and Americans, even though we were all colonies.
Do Australians have British accents or are their accents entirely different?
entirely different
entirely different
Australians have their own accent, which sounds something like a cross between an English and an American accent. It's rather hard to describe though - to really hear what an Australian accent sounds like, I would suggest watching an Australian soap opera like Neighbours or Home And Away
no they have a whiny tang to thier accents
slightly different
Different. And not only is the accent different, but they have many of their own words and collequilisms as well, so a word may mean something in the US, be diferent in the UK, and be different again in Aussie.
They have an entirely different accent as well as a wonderful variety of slang words. They also abbreviate as many words as possible eg: Football = footie, Australian = Ozzie
G'day mate! Stone the flamin' crows! Only the ruling class Australians have British accents.

Us plebs got this horrible whining tone to our voice. It comes from our convict heritage.
The normal speaking voices of Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Heath Ledger are examples of General Australian accents,

Hugh Grant is the Brit accent take your pick and compare their styles.
Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Indians all speak English and were all part of the British Empire, but none of them sound like Brits. Each has its own distinctive accent.