Why Do We Need To Celebrate Australia Day

200 years is enough time to forgive. Wake up, everyone! We know the British came and stole Aboriginal landing, that was a huge crime but now our war ended, we live in our country named Australia and we are Australians, Australia Day is one of our tradition, Aboriginal’s failure won’t change despite we change the day. I am Lake, a Aborigine living and contributing for Australia and I will sorry to Melbourne citizens, especially who want to change the day that i honestly disagree.

Australia Day which the Aborigines call ‘Invasion Day’, ‘Day of Mourning’ and ‘Survival Day’, marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Sydney Cove.

The parents were restricted from seeing their children, and they were considered the people who had done nothing wrong. The Australian public were brainwashed by the government to believe that this was the right thing to do and that the aboriginal children were at a disadvantage within their own communities and removed against their will, even though their birth families were fully capable of looking after their children, this dent seems very ‘fair’, how can we just accept this as our national anthem if it isn't true. This is not

Australia day a day that marks a horrific anniversary for Indigenous Australian’s it is commonly known as Invasion day. Invasion day is the day that everything changed no longer were the indigenous people to live in peaceful family groups. Their peace and harmony was to be destroyed by European ideals. Invasion day or Survival day marked the beginning of years of struggle and loss for the indigenous people a battle that they still fight today. Colonization was a cultural wrecking ball when it came to the Australian indigenous and it began on Invasion

For many January 26th is a day to celebrate Australia and the country it is today but the date is not marked for celebrations for all Australians. For many Aboriginal Australians January the 26th is referred to as ‘survival day’, ‘invasion day’ or the ‘day of mourning ‘it marks the day when the white settlers landed on Australian shores and devastated the lives of the indigenous people who had lived there for thousands of years. The aborigines say “for us it is a day of mourning. This day we lost our land, we lost our spirit culture and we lost our language.”

On Wednesday, the 26th January, 1938, a "day of mourning and protest" was proclaimed and Jack Patten, who chaired a meeting of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA), announced, "……. this being the 150th Anniversary of the White man's seizure of our country, [we] hereby make protest against the callous treatment of our people by the white men during the past 150 years, and we appeal to the Australian nation of today to make new laws for the education and care of Aborigines, we ask for a new policy which will raise our people to full citizen status and equality within the community." This proclamation heralded the intention of the Aboriginal people to unite and protest against Government policies that resulted in Indigenous Australians

The European invasion of Australia in 1780 impacted upon the lives of all the Aboriginal people that lived in and around the invaded areas. When Captain Cook landed in Australia, he declared it as Terra Nullius, and this alone gives a significant insight as to the mentality of the British and their willingness to acknowledge the Aboriginal people and the importance that the land played in their daily lives. As the invaders brought with them their laws, ideals, diseases, livestock and people, the need for land increased and settlers began to venture outwards from the main settlements, the frontier broadened and the Aboriginal population began to shrink. The encroachment upon the land meant that many Aboriginal people were now being forced

Australia day commemorates the anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet on the 26th of January 1788. To some people, it means invasion day, but to others it was the birth of our great nation, and a time to celebrate a fair go.The issue of whether the date of Australia day should be changed has divided the Australian and Aboriginal community, which has caused a matter of intense debate over the years. Calla Wahlquist’s opinion piece, “Australia day: A guide to changing minds without ruining the barbecue” was written in The Guardian newspaper on the 25th of January 2018 Wahlquist argues that the date of Australia day should be changed, calling upon the general public (AUDIENCE). Wahlquist employs an assertive tone throughout her piece, through the use of positive, strong- willed words such as fair and inclusive, shows the reader that the author values her writing as well as exhibits confidence while maintaining respect.

With the Paliment deciding in 1901 for Australians involvement with Britan and with the Anniversary of 1915 of the Landing in Galllipoli it helped forge us a nation that we now know as ANZAC . With the multi Cutural nationalities who came during the Gold rush came and fought with the Allies. World War 1 was the pivotal moment in our History which has so much meaning for us a Nation and a Country. Together we unite to remember those that fought in the Great War and remember them with pride and honor them. There are many symbolic monuments around the country to remember them. Monuments such as the National War Mermiorial is one many attend during rememberence

When the war broke out in 1914, Australia was a country who had federated only 13 years prior. Although the government was keen to support the British Motherland (Cook, 1914), WW1 was a time of change for how the Australian society viewed their own identity. What happened at Gallipoli is well known and the courage, determination, and mate-ship demonstrated by the soldiers helped to form Australia’s new identity. The ANZAC legend and the values associated with it continue to shape the way many Australians view themselves and have become an important part of our national identity. The war brought in a new sense of nationalism and helped Australians form this idea of coming together as one country fighting a large battle as a whole. On the 2nd of July, 1915, Galway said “If any day is to be chosen for Australia’s day I think it should be April 25 . . . Those heroes will hand down the finest traditions to their sons and their sons’ sons, and still further on . . .” (Galway, 1915) which showed how majority of Australian society viewed the significance of the events that took place at Gallipoli and how the fight would be remembered in the hearts of Australians forever. The impact of WW1 on Australia’s growing society is present when focusing on how it defined the countries national identity. The Great war brought attention to many significant events in Australia’s

Now, in 2017, the protests over Australia Day and the history of the country have escalated to a level first seen here in America. Over a week ago, in Sydney’s Hyde Park, the statute there dedicated to Captain James Hook was vandalized. With what is presumed to be spray paint, “no pride in genocide” and “change the date” were written across the statute. Many members of Australia’s nationalist party have spoken out and held their own protests in response to this “heinous” act. They have spoken out how this act is tarnishing the history of Australia and given the country a bad name as well as spreading the positivity of nationalism. The Prime Minister of Australia, Malcom Turnbull called the act, via Facebook, an act of Stalinism, and that Australians

Before the First Fleet, consisting of eleven ships, arrived in Botany Bay on the 26th of January 1788, it is known that there were approximately 750 000 Aboriginals living in Australia. Today there are only about 250 000 (Harding, 2001). They all made many, both positive and negative impacts on the Aboriginals. Whilst they brought several diseases which wiped out much of the population and kidnapped many Aboriginal people, the British also showed many technologies to the Native people and introduced them to the modern world.

Despite being one of the most devastating military losses for the allied forces during World War 1, for some reason it is considered one of the most important and celebrated holidays in Australian history. Why was this, that something that cost so many Australian lives, considered something to be celebrated and cheered on about. The answer of this will be explained after a basic background is established.

Australians should also commemorate Australia 's participation in the First World War because it reshaped our economic system. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 and was still a young nation by the outbreak of war. Little more than a decade after Federation, new taxation laws were needed for the war. Federal income tax was then introduced in 1915 to fund Australia 's efforts and participation. Life proved difficult for the nation regarding resources and supplies. Resources were assigned to the war effort and necessities such as wool, wheat

Australia day, the national holiday where the Europeans took the land from the aboriginals and hundreds of deaths took place, what a great thing to celebrate! For years now, aboriginals have protested to change Australia days' date, the 26th of January, because of the true significance behind it. It is commonly suggested that the 1st of January should be Australia day as it is the federation of Australia. The date is not a thing to be celebrated as it is the day where families were killed, homes were stolen and it does not celebrate Australia as a whole, because of this, Australia day must be changed. To Aboriginals, Australia day is known as, 'Day of Mourning' or 'Survival day', as it marks the dispossession, theft, slaughter, disease and death of their people.