Australia Day: Aussie Icons

SYDNEY, NSW – JANUARY 25: A Vegemite sandwich is pictured January 25, 2006 in Sydney, Australia. Vegemite, an Australian culinary specialty, is concentrated yeast extract originally made from a by-product of the beer brewing process. An estimated nine out of ten Australian pantries contain at least one jar of Vegemite, with 46% of Australians having eaten Vegemite at least once during a calendar week. The Vegemite sandwich, a staple of Australian school lunch boxes, was immortalised in the Men At Work song “Down Under” in 1982. The nation will celebrate Australia Day on January 26. (Photo Illustration by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)