Australian’s are prideful of past endeavours in war and celebrate this twice a year in ANZAC day on the 25th of April and Remembrance Day on the 11th of November. They celebrate this because the war represented the ultimate from the mateship. A prime example of this was the battle of Gallipoli, were the Australian soldiers (diggers)
In the Herald Sun, Andrew Bolt’s article ‘Seven Sins of the Change Australia Day Movement’, posted in the 27th of January 2017, asserts the negative and “sin” like properties of changing the date of Australia Day. The “change the Australia Day movement” has ignited a vehement debate that has divided Australians for years, and will most likely continue to. The procedural format clearly and concisely retorts that changing the date will not “heal wounds” and we, as a county, should be instead focused on fixing the issues within the indigenous culture. Bolt ignites the debate very early in his article by affirming that changing the date inevitably “solves nothing”. A strong authoritative tone is taken in the first argument when Bolt uses an
I remember in primary school, I was taught that Australia belonged to many different Aboriginal tribes but then in 1788, Arthur Philip sailed into the Sydney harbour and established colonial settlement. For me and many Australians, that was when Australian history truly began but are we neglecting the history that has existed before the early settlers arrived? Are we disregarding the fact that the Aborigines were here first and that Australia belongs to them?
This encourages the audience to continue the national pride and the traditions of ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day is celebrated across Australia, to honour those who have fought in wars both past and present. It is all about respecting the brave ANZACs who fought for our country. Even though, ‘Popular opinion towards ANZAC Day began to decline in the post-war period and was continued until the beginning of the 1980s’, (Source 1), it quickly grew in popularity over the
Anzac Day is one such tradition. It is an important day for acknowledging our history and commemorating those who have and do fight to defend our countries rights and freedoms. Is Anzac Day an old tradition that has served its time? I and 94% of Australians don’t think so. I believe that Anzac Day provides an opportunity for the nation to pause, reflect and remember the Anzac’s.
As you can see, changing the Australian flag isn 't the best option for our county. By changing the flag, it would become confusing for people to recognise it because the current flag is all we know. It would be very expensive, and that money could be used on better things. And finally, by changing the flag we would be disrespectful to those who have fought under it so that our nation is what it is today. As the Sydney Morning Herald states, "A flag is meant to be a symbol that endures even as the nation changes.
Recently the highly contended date of Australia Day has been garnering much media attention after the town of Fremantle was the first in Australia to officially call off the celebrations that occur annually on the 26th of January. With heated debate both condemning, and supporting, this controversial move, public scrutiny of the date of Australia day has never been higher. Supporters of the move argue that having Australia day on a date associated with genocide and murder is insulting to all Australians, and prevents people from joining in on the festivities. Others condemn the move, arguing that the 26th of January is the traditional date of Australia Day and that it is merely a patriotic celebration for our home land.
The poem mentions "Australia Day," which for many Aboriginal Australians is also called "Invasion Day" or "Genocide Day." This shows the brutal effect of British colonisation. The poem uses strong words to explain the stories of Aboriginal Australians. It talks about being silenced, mistreated, and having their tradition ignored.
Where have you ever seen or heard of a monument for this day? Is there a special plark where the first fleet landed? Is there a statue to commemorate this date? No, then what's the point of celebrating this date if we don’t even preserve it? People may say this is a day that is only about Australia and that is why it should continue to be this date, but I'm sorry to burst those people's bubbles.
Persuasive Speech Ah Australia. The land of opportunity. The land of freedom and equality. The land of wealth and good health. The lucky country.
A key part of being Australian is taking ownership of the world’s idea of us. Whether a tourist needs to know about Vegemite, or we are trying to convince a Taxi driver in NYC that we do, in fact, ride our pet kangaroo to work (true story), we are obsessed with taking ownership of every good thing our far and away continent has to offer. Naturally when it comes to music, we take this up a notch. Let’s be real: Keith Urban is our chief musical export. Once, I even ‘had’ to argue with an American about the musician’s nationality.
*Prime Minister Leon Clay walks on the stage with thousands of Australians, media, and more looking on* Dear Fellow Australians, it is with great pleasure that I am talking to you today on such a significant day. We gather here today to commemorate and honour an untold and unrecognised part in our country’s history. The remarkable contributions and sacrifices of our Aboriginal soldiers in the First World War. Today is a day to reflect, reflect on our past and acknowledge the present so we can pave a path for a more reconciled future. Before we do so, I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land of which we all reside and prosper today.
Celebrating Australia day is like holding a party without inviting the hosts. While many Australians celebrate this holiday, they have little knowledge behind the events that occurred and why it is celebrated. If I’m honest, I haven’t been brought up, like many of my generation, to understand and acknowledge the events which occurred on this day. Instead for as long as I can remember I have seen the day as a public holiday where mum drags us to a boring family gathering, to play backyard cricket and observe the adults consume excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages. According to a poll conducted by Review Partners, much of the Australian population are unable to accurately name the event
Australian Flag Hello, everyone today for my assignment I will be presenting my Australian flag design, I redesigned the flag so it could look this way because it still carries the symbolisation of the Queen and England by including the union jack. With having a new flag it will enable Australia to have a new flag that represents Australia and helps us create our own identity. My flag will take into account the aboriginal people heritage who were on this land before European settlers. I decided it would be best to keep the original Australian flag and use half of the aboriginal flag to show we are a multicultural nation and also since they were on this land before us they deserve acknowledgement and appreciation decided to use the sun and
This is because it occurred after the landing and once that died down, no one was as invested in the outcomes meaning that they cannot truly understand the values that came about in the later battles. It also means that they don’t know any other examples of courage and resilience shown so they can’t commemorate them. The Battle of Lone Pine should be given greater attention alongside the Gallipoli landing as it was a rare success in fierce fighting, (Gray, 2018), costing only 2,000 soldiers, whereas the landing was a failure costing over 8,000. That’s more than four times the amount at Lone Pine. Another reason is because the soldiers’ first goal was reached in less than half an hour, overall success by 6pm, 9th August (Gray, 2018), and they still displayed examples of the Australian values: courage, sacrifice, friendship, perseverance and teamwork.
