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Originally Posted by edwardsdj
Australia Day has been celebrated since the early 19th century. Long before the Commonwealth of Australia was established. I guess people didn't see the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia as that important.
Heck, the Commonwealth was established as an act of the British parliament, we have the British flag taking up 1/4 of our own and I remember when I started primary school (in 1979) for the first few years we sang "God Save the Queen" at assembly (few knew the words, we just used to mumble).
It's a shame that people don't trust our politicians (with good reason) and consequently don't trust them to mess around with this stuff to form a republic. The foundation of a republic would be something to celebrate  . For historical reasons we are stuck with being an independent British colony  |
Doug, ANZAC day is the de facto 'independence day' at this stage - most celebrate that as the 'birth of a nation'
and really, scratch a LOT of aussies ancestry, and to use an old politically incorrect term,would have a 'touch of the tarbrush' my missus is 1/16th Maori, i grew up in a family with a step father who was 1/4 south sea islander/chinese, and have half brothers and sisters from him - and this wouldnt be unusual i would imagine for a lot of people, they just kept it quiet back then. were not as pure white as some think maybe - and that would jealous europeans?