----- 26th JaNuArY 2015 -----
"Once People come to Australia, they join the team" - Tony Abbott
Good evening to everyone! It's dinner time Up Above here :) And I will just write a quick post to tell you a bit about the history of Straya.
Two days ago it was the National Day of Australia, the Australia Day.
It marks the day in 1788 when the so-called "Father of Australia", Captain Arthur Phillip, and his first Fleet of 11 ships arrived at Sydney Cove from Great Britain. Those ships were carrying convicts, who turned Australia into essentially the world's largest prison.
Governor Phillip founded a system of labour in which people, whatever their crime, were employed according to their skills - as brick makers, carpenters, nurses, servants and farmers.
To tell the truth, not all Australians have been proud of the country's past as a penal colony.
Another controversial aspect about this day refers to a delicate issue: Who belongs this anniversary to?
Most Australians celebrate Australia Day as the day Australia was founded.
However, to many Aboriginal people there is little to celebrate and it is a commemoration of a deep loss. Loss of their sovereign rights to their land and the right to practice their culture.
Many of them rather call 26th January Invasion Day or Day of Mourning.
“Freedom begins where it ends ignorance” - Victor Hugo
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Interesting to point out: The Harbour Bridge March.
On 26 January 1988, up to 40,000 Aboriginal people (from as far away as Arnhem Land in the NT) and their supporters marched from Redfern Park to a public rally at Hyde Park and then on to Sydney Harbour to mark the 200th anniversary of invasion. It was the largest protest since the 1970s.
Well... I will talk more about this topic in one of my next chapters. Stay tuned ;)
Ha... by the way...
.... though states and territories began marking Australia Day in 1935, it wasn't till 1994 that Australians began to celebrate Australia Day as a public holiday on Jan. 26.
???? See ya ;)
---- mY StOrY---
When I was there the Australia day was a Monday and with my special Husky friend (Alis) we went to Manly. Though it was Summer that day was pretty rainy but still we had a lot of fun in getting our faces tattooed as two teens.
"Once People come to Australia, they join the team" - Tony Abbott
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| Vintage buses running through the City on the Australia Day |
Two days ago it was the National Day of Australia, the Australia Day.
It marks the day in 1788 when the so-called "Father of Australia", Captain Arthur Phillip, and his first Fleet of 11 ships arrived at Sydney Cove from Great Britain. Those ships were carrying convicts, who turned Australia into essentially the world's largest prison.
Governor Phillip founded a system of labour in which people, whatever their crime, were employed according to their skills - as brick makers, carpenters, nurses, servants and farmers.
To tell the truth, not all Australians have been proud of the country's past as a penal colony.
Another controversial aspect about this day refers to a delicate issue: Who belongs this anniversary to?
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| Two cultures meet on Australia Day. Their worlds might touch but their views can be worlds apart. |
However, to many Aboriginal people there is little to celebrate and it is a commemoration of a deep loss. Loss of their sovereign rights to their land and the right to practice their culture.
Many of them rather call 26th January Invasion Day or Day of Mourning.
“Freedom begins where it ends ignorance” - Victor Hugo
------------------
Interesting to point out: The Harbour Bridge March.
On 26 January 1988, up to 40,000 Aboriginal people (from as far away as Arnhem Land in the NT) and their supporters marched from Redfern Park to a public rally at Hyde Park and then on to Sydney Harbour to mark the 200th anniversary of invasion. It was the largest protest since the 1970s.
Well... I will talk more about this topic in one of my next chapters. Stay tuned ;)
Ha... by the way...
.... though states and territories began marking Australia Day in 1935, it wasn't till 1994 that Australians began to celebrate Australia Day as a public holiday on Jan. 26.
???? See ya ;)
 |
---- mY StOrY---
When I was there the Australia day was a Monday and with my special Husky friend (Alis) we went to Manly. Though it was Summer that day was pretty rainy but still we had a lot of fun in getting our faces tattooed as two teens.
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