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
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.
As patriotic Australians we pride ourselves to be a nation that accepts and respects the beliefs of all cultures, but on this historical day majority of Australians tend to forget the true meaning behind the celebration. If you ask today’s society, what they did this Australia day mass numbers would respond with “binged on alcohol” and “indulged in a barbecue.” Consequently, this day cannot be called a national celebration when some of our fellow Australians are grieving while others are out celebrating an occasion they know little about. Giving due regard to the indigenous people and their mostly negative perspective on this issue should be a priority. A new date, not the 26th of January should be established, as rather than unite, it seems to divide Australians into different viewpoints.
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.
Should Australia change the date of Australia Day? Some of you may be wondering why this is such a controversial issue and some of you might already know. If you don’t know why I’ll tell you. The date that we celebrate Australia Day is not the date we became our own country, you may be thinking “so what?” well I’ll tell you, the day we are celebrating is the day Great Britain invaded Australia and the start of when they tortured and killed thousands of the Australian indigenous people, there are multiple dates available that were important to Australia or represent Australia and this date has no monument recognizing the day
Persuasive Speech Ah Australia. The land of opportunity. The land of freedom and equality. The land of wealth and good health. The lucky country.
Sadly, On the 30th of July 1915, Youds gave the biggest thing he could give to the Gallipoli Campaign: his life. His struggles were finally over, and he know longer would have to endure the tough conditions the Anzacs withstood with so much determination and courage. Amazingly, this was the day chosen by Australia as ‘Australia Day’ (January 26th was known as Foundation Day) to raise money for the war through the use of handkerchiefs, buttons, ribbons and matchboxes like the one below. From a tiny population of only 5 million people, the Australian people showed once again their generosity of spirit and their devotion, raising $2.3
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.
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.
Australia needs a new flag. Ever since 1788 when Australia was discovered by Captain Cook the flag has contained the Union jack, In the UK the Union Jack may be patriotic, it may stand for peace and union but here the union jack stands for disrespect, oppression and the killing of the original custodians of this land. I believe that it is time for a change, the UK has represented us for too long and with the union jack on or flag it only says that we still believe the old ways of when Captain cook first arrived and that nothing has changed, I believe we should finally change the flag so that we can fully represent and honour the custodians of our land.
From an indigenous perspective it’s a very painful day. It’s the day colonisation began. Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people have been fighting to change the date of Australia day for a long time. The radio station triple j changed their date of the hottest 100 to the 27 from the 26 to protest to change the date of Australia day. For most people Australia also known as invasion day has a very big effect on their lives and also their ancestor’s lives.
