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<blockquote data-quote="Malleeboy" data-source="post: 77109730" data-attributes="member: 436627"><p>Today is Australia Day, the traditional time when we as a nation, yearly divide on whether our National Day should be on Jan 26th.</p><p>For some First Peoples in Australia, the date is marked as the beginning of the troubles that European arrival caused them, so they name it Invasion Day or Survival Day.</p><p>There is considerable anguish, mainly from the left that we should abolish the day or change the date. Problem being that we have no obvious day to replace it with.</p><p></p><p>So for non Australians , some history, Jan 26th is when the British governor of the new colony of New South Wales, raised a flag to proclaim British settlement.'</p><p>Note this was not the landing day, which occurred on Jan 18th. Nor is the first time the Brits claimed eastern Australia, that was in 1770 by Captain Cook. The claim made also did not include the western third of the current Australia, but it also included Norfolk Island and (they rarely like being reminded of this) New Zealand, which was not separated until 1841. </p><p></p><p>I can understand the anguish of Aboriginal Australians, and personally I could live with come sort of change, but am not sure that some of the protesters will be satiated no matter what is offered up and whatever is given will just move to the next demand. </p><p>So what are the options...</p><p>Make 18 Jan Survival Day or Aboriginal Day, as a public holiday and leave 26 Jan as is. (Invasions are marked on the day troops first land)</p><p>Celebrate Commonwealth of Australia coming into existence on Jan 1 1901, with an additional Public Holiday on Jan 2.</p><p>Celebrate opening of first Federal Parliament on 9 May, we could mark the day with balloons to celebrate all the political hot air.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malleeboy, post: 77109730, member: 436627"] Today is Australia Day, the traditional time when we as a nation, yearly divide on whether our National Day should be on Jan 26th. For some First Peoples in Australia, the date is marked as the beginning of the troubles that European arrival caused them, so they name it Invasion Day or Survival Day. There is considerable anguish, mainly from the left that we should abolish the day or change the date. Problem being that we have no obvious day to replace it with. So for non Australians , some history, Jan 26th is when the British governor of the new colony of New South Wales, raised a flag to proclaim British settlement.' Note this was not the landing day, which occurred on Jan 18th. Nor is the first time the Brits claimed eastern Australia, that was in 1770 by Captain Cook. The claim made also did not include the western third of the current Australia, but it also included Norfolk Island and (they rarely like being reminded of this) New Zealand, which was not separated until 1841. I can understand the anguish of Aboriginal Australians, and personally I could live with come sort of change, but am not sure that some of the protesters will be satiated no matter what is offered up and whatever is given will just move to the next demand. So what are the options... Make 18 Jan Survival Day or Aboriginal Day, as a public holiday and leave 26 Jan as is. (Invasions are marked on the day troops first land) Celebrate Commonwealth of Australia coming into existence on Jan 1 1901, with an additional Public Holiday on Jan 2. Celebrate opening of first Federal Parliament on 9 May, we could mark the day with balloons to celebrate all the political hot air. [/QUOTE]
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