Essay On Changing Australia Day

The death toll for the 14th of December 1763 was six. “Only three men, two women and a young boy, were found at home...” The Governor was clearly not happy with the news of the killing that he made an announcement of the what happened and how he wants the men who is responsible to be brought to justice. The act of the crime was unnecessary and brutal. Fearing for the remain Indians within the territory, the Governor had taken upon himself to protect them. He had hidden them in a work-house, but once again a group of men broke it and killed the Indians in hiding.

The Australian public now commemorate the sacrifice made for them by having ANZAC day every year. Today we commemorate the sacrifice by tending to their graves on foreign shores there are prayers said and wreaths laid on ANZAC day when we remember their sacrifice. There are walks across ANZAC cove with memorial scattered throughout. Though we commemorate Gallipoli more than the western front this is unjust to the 10’s of thousands of men who died on the western front as some of Australia’s most respected battles were  fought on the western front

In recent years, the issue of Australia Day marking the ‘invasion’ of ‘white man’ has sparked controversy between the Indigenous and non-indigenous populations of Australia. In his article titled “January 26th is the birth of modern Australia – deal with it”, Peter Moore advocates that the date of Australia Day should not be changed and he provides humour and solidarity for those who share his perspective. He does this through heavy use of attacks and generalisations with an informal, aggressive tone. Conversely, Natalie Cromb, with her article titled ‘Australia Day/ Invasion Day debate: #ChangeTheDate – but not right now”, criticizes the idea of the date changing at present time as she attempts to rally supportive readers to stand up to the

"We have to be comfortable with it as a nation: black and white Australians, old and new Australians, Australians from everywhere have to be comfortable with it and they've got to appreciate that this will be, and should be, a unifying moment,'' Mr Abbott told reporters at Australia Day celebrations in Canberra. By recognizing and acknowledging the owners of this land this made him a more favourable person within the indigenous community therefore a more appeal person to run the

“They soon get their arms and let fly amongst them and quickly stopped their violence.” (91-92) their relationship between the settlers and the Native people was not that good. The settlers thought they had the right to fight the natives and that God gave them the right to do

According to Theodore de Bry's engraving of the Massacre at Jamestown, it is shown that the Natives were savage and barbaric. The encounters between the Natives and the Colonists had been growing tense for some time before the Massacre occurred. The colony of Jamestown’s population had risen to over one thousand two hundred people between sixteen nineteen and sixteen twenty-two. In March of sixteen twenty-two the Natives decided to attack the colonists; killing over three hundred forty seven colonist. The engraving shows the Natives killing men, women, and children.

January 26th represents the national public holiday, Australia Day. It is a day of celebration of the establishment of the country and at the same time marks the day a mass invasion begun on the Indigenous Australian population, resulting in deaths among their population. Ben Roberts-Smith’s opinion article, ‘We are one but we are many’ featured in the Herald Sun on January 26th, 2017; expresses optimistically that, Australian’s differences are what makes Australia great. He attempts to make the reader to reflect upon how lucky they are to live in ‘such a lucky country’. However, Kevin V. Russell’s letter to the editor entitled, ‘End Australia Day’ was also published in the Herald Sun on January 26th, 2017.

This highlights how the acquisition of rights for Aboriginal people was a fractured process as they still faced discrimination in the wake of changes that were meant to work in their favor. Although the Referendum did not increase the rights of Aboriginal people, it is still important in the Aboriginal Rights movement as it created the possibility for the Federation to create laws that could benefit or support Aboriginal

The speech was made as the prime minister had some concerns about the daily challenges that the Indigenous people had to tackle. It was made to capture the harsh truths about Australian history, and to use them as a beginning for building trust in the government’s motives among Indigenous Australians. The speech was created not only to help those Indigenous to help the civil rights movement but also to challenge what it would be like if those average white Australians experienced such injustices. It had been an historical event because it was the first time an Australian Prime minister had widely spoken about Indigenous discriminations that they have or had been experiencing. “Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing.

In 1995 the Labor government introduced the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families (Price, 2015). The Inquiry had been brought because of the rising concern of Indigenous communities this led to Australian practices of separating indigenous children from their families causing Aboriginal children loss in culture and communities. Today, there Australia celebrates Sorry Day which is the day where the Australian Parliament had apologised for the separation of

The date of Australia day has been a large community discussion for many Australians. This day is a happy and positive day for many Australians and very important to some people. This is because it brings different people from different cultures that exist in our country together to celebrate the history that Australia has made. On both sides of this argument, if you want Australia Day to change, or stay the same, there is good evidence for this argument. Australia Day should most definitely stay the same for the following reasons.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen and others make it happen. Australia Day, commemorated on January 26, is a national celebration honouring the First Fleet's settlement in 1788 and the unity of our country. While many Australians reap the benefits of the holiday, for many Indigenous Australians, January 26 marks the start of the barbaric displacement from their lands and the eradication of their traditions and dialects. This date must be modified as it is one of many days that can be Australia Day, it establishes acceptance to the plight of the Indigenous community and it is a reminder rather than a celebration. Refusing to change the date of Australia day is unwise as it is one of many days that can be Australia Day.

Celebrating Australia day is like holding a party without inviting the hosts. While many Australians celebrate this holiday, they have little knowledge behind the events that occurred and why it is celebrated. If I’m honest, I haven’t been brought up, like many of my generation, to understand and acknowledge the events which occurred on this day. Instead for as long as I can remember I have seen the day as a public holiday where mum drags us to a boring family gathering, to play backyard cricket and observe the adults consume excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages. According to a poll conducted by Review Partners, much of the Australian population are unable to accurately name the event

To some, it means the day the British took over this land and started torturing thousands and for some, it is a fun day to celebrate, a day where people bring out the Barbie and have a party. Celebrating this day is just showing how WE don’t know the history of Australia, it's showing that WE don’t care what happened to the aboriginals, it is showing that WE think that what happened in 1788 on the 26th of January is insignificant. If YOUR

Finally, by 1939, Australians were questioning the validity to support and defend the 'Mother Country ' at all costs. These are just three of the World War II experiences that helped shape the nation. The response of Australia to the declaration of World War II was different and less