Is 26 January the best day to celebrate the nation? (buy, live)
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OK 26 January has a lot going for it: it does mark a significant historic event, its in summer , and it neatly bookends the Christmas – New Year break for many. But there is a flip side: arguably modern Australia really came into existence with federation on 1 January 1901, indigenous Australians don’t see many reason to celebrate the arrival of the first fleet, and ANZAC day seems to have a deeper, more reflectful meaning for most.
So is it the best day to celebrate Australia? Perhaps it's a good counterpoint to the more sombre and reflective ANZAC day?
O, and ANZAC day seems to have a deeper, more reflectful meaning for most.
Could have fooled the HELL out of me. Aus QLD channel 7 last ANZAC day managed to go through an ENTIRE hour of news around the ANZAC remembrance without mentioning the words New Zealand or Kiwi once and I mean even once, it was so obvious I seriously laughed.
Seems Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) remembrance should be renamed the "A" day remembrance and what ever else Rupert Murdock wants or what is currently popular with the Aus public
Australia history is being re-written as time goes on.
We should re-write more history and change Australia Day to the day we become a Republic , but seriously that would be MAKING history not re-writing it, and that's a good thing.
We should re-write more history and change Australia Day to the day we become a Republic , but seriously that would be MAKING history not re-writing it, and that's a good thing.
Could have fooled the HELL out of me. Aus QLD channel 7 last ANZAC day managed to go through an ENTIRE hour of news around the ANZAC remembrance without mentioning the words New Zealand or Kiwi once and I mean even once, it was so obvious I seriously laughed.
Seems Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) remembrance should be renamed the "A" day remembrance and what ever else Rupert Murdock wants or what is currently popular with the Aus public
Australia history is being re-written as time goes on.
/end rant
OMG. Years back when i lived in Oz i noticed something similar.. And i hugged a kiwi neighbor and told her sorry you're invisible to the media.
For me australia day is the start of beer, chips and burger special at my local pub.. Followed by more beer and fireworks on the banks of the Torrens as we sang a song about being girt by sea.. Id throw in a e ihoa atua just to annoy my mates.
Apparently the Skyworks in Perth is the biggest Aus day fireworks display/celebration in the nation. Up to half a million people (that's more than a quarter of our entire population) often turn up to watch it.
Yeah on one hand 26 Jan marks the 'invasion', but without the invasion there'd be no Federation would there? Plus Federation occured on New Year's Day 1901, which is already a holiday, so whether you agree with it or not I think 26 Jan is a good date to keep the holiday.
Just ask yourself the question, which day is more -significant-? It's obviously ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day for us is like Independence Day and Veterans Day put together for the Yanks; it's got the nation-making significance of the first and the latter's sombre remembrance of lost heroes. Australia Day doesn't mean much to anyone other than a chance for a few beers. The date itself is important, but the day-as-celebrated doesn't mean much. At least by my lights.
I don't think making the day that we unsuccessfully tried to invade turkey is such a great day to be celebrating our national identity either.
Keep it a January 26 until we become a republic.
Well, no, we already have ANZAC day, I'm not sure anyone is proposing also celebrating Australia day on that day, it would make no sense...it's already a holiday. Like I said Federation is the 1st of January, NYD, another public holiday, so 26 Jan makes the most sense. Even if they were against it I don't think anyone would vote for the idea of getting rid of a public holiday.
Just ask yourself the question, which day is more -significant-? It's obviously ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day for us is like Independence Day and Veterans Day put together for the Yanks; it's got the nation-making significance of the first and the latter's sombre remembrance of lost heroes. Australia Day doesn't mean much to anyone other than a chance for a few beers. The date itself is important, but the day-as-celebrated doesn't mean much. At least by my lights.
It's a day of remembrance. I don't buy into all that claptrap about it being when a nation was born. It's an invention of modern times that basically whitewashes the huge contribution to nation building that men like Parkes, Griffith, Clark, Deakin et al made, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of colonials who saw themselves as "Australian" and wanted to build a united country. That's nation building, IMO.
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, and it neatly bookends the Christmas – New Year break for many. But there is a flip side: arguably modern Australia really came into existence with federation on 1 January 1901, indigenous Australians don’t see many reason to celebrate the arrival of the first fleet, and ANZAC day seems to have a deeper, more reflectful meaning for most.
, but seriously that would be MAKING history not re-writing it, and that's a good thing.
