Not to mention a few things I didn't know were British, such as the Chopper bicycle now ironically popular with SugaRAPE-reading hipsters (apparently it's not Californian, just a knockoff of Californian designs) and Microsoft's Verdana typeface (designed by British-born type designer Mathew Carter). In that case, I wonder why they didn't include the iMac or iPod (whose appearance was designed by Englishman Jonathan Ive).
And it's interesting to read that Britain's current system of road signage was (re-)designed in the 1960s. Which probably explains why Australia has entirely different (US-style?) signs.
New Zealand seems a lot more "British" than Australia. Apparently they also use BT-style phone plugs (the thin wide plastic ones). Do New Zealanders still consider themselves to be British?
I noticed that, in the first half of the 20th century, Australia took a lot of its cues on modernisation from the United States (road signs, the spelling of "Labor" in the Labor Party, VHF and UHF TV, and so on).
ah, but New Zealand has UK-style signs.