Ben Roberts Smith's End Australia Day

As of today the 1st of January still reminds us of the importance of Australia. Who knows what could have Australia been like if Sir Henry Parkes didn’t make a commitment in order to improve Australia. All of this changed after Federation happened, Australia now has a better and united economy, wonderful lifted Australian Spirit, stronger defence force and the Pride of our Australians

The arrival of Arthur Phillip’s first fleet in 1778 and the following arrivals of convicts and free settlers during the nineteenth century has been known as ‘the settlement of Australia’ a term believed to be a racial and cultural bias. Due to our history being dominated by the white man, and the influence of the concept of ‘terra nullius’, we are brought up to believe, from a European point of view, that the settlement was peaceful, and lawfully correct. However, being recorded as the first nation genocide, the word invasion best suits this colonization. In 2017 this argument is still debated, as protest and outcries attempt to force Australia to change its national day from the 26th of January to another date, as many indigenous

The article ‘Out anthem sucks and it’s time to get a new one,’ is written by an author called James McCann. In the article, James McCann argues how the Australian anthem should be replaced with another song, meanwhile appealing the anthem as an ancient and an unreasonable one. The article is produced on the 26th of January, 2017. It is an opinion piece. McCann’s tone is mostly comedic as well as insulting. The author uses attacks to persuade the audience to go on the side he was on, meanwhile asking rhetorical questions to get the audience more engaged and to feel more involved.

The recent comments made by former Indigenous Australian boxer Anthony Mundine and soprano performer Deborah Cheetham, have sparked a controversial debate regarding the place of “Advance Australia Fair” in modern day Australia. At the centre of this disagreement, there lies a much more serious issue concerning Indigenous Australians and the timing in which the national anthem was introduced in regards to the Stolen Generation. Is it time to change, to mend and assist with reconciliation?

Within the visuals associated with Smith’s article lots of different people of all different races, dressed in Australian colours are collaged together to form the shape of Australia. This adds to the appeal to patriotism as it shows that all Australian’s no matter their race, gender, age, social status etc. have a right to celebrate on Australia Day in their own ways. This coincides with Smith’s contention being that Australia has such a diverse and multi-cultural background that everyone has the right to enjoy Australia Day. Such technique positions the reader to feel proud of the “unity” and togetherness their country has in celebrating Australia Day.

Australia Day Debate Speech We, as an affirmative team, think and should change Australia Day from the 26th to the 1st which is Federation Day. Federation Day is a much more suitable date for Australia Day as it focuses on when Australia as a whole country decided to unite together establishing a system of federalism and when Australia became independent in 1901. Australia Day has many meanings to people, but to the Aborigines, it holds a very sad and insensitive meaning. It brings up a lot of hurt and heartache to the people who were one of the oldest cultures of the land and it disrespects them in many ways. Changing the date of Australia Day to the date of Federation Day is beneficial in many aspects as then, Australians can celebrate the

However, is the 26th January really the first day foreigners have ever set foot on this island? No, in fact, a whole week in advance, some men landed on the Sydney’s Botany cove but afterwards found it not comfortable for them to settle, hence, they then migrated to another little cove which is presently known as the Sydney Harbour. Since it wasn’t indeed the exact day that the British landed on Australia, then why celebrate it on this day? We think that this day should be changed because there is no reason why we should keep it on this day if it has no specific reason to stay and doesn’t represent anything we would be proud

The Australian community emerged into the modern era, with women taking up the role of men in the workforce and Australia gaining cultural independence.

On the 19 of April 1984 the Australian anthem was created by Peter Dodd’s McCormick and he quotes “with boundless plains to share”, but this was not the case in 1788 when the English came and massacred everyone that was not white. I think Australia day should be known for something else rather than being know for the Englishes arrival on the first fleet of British ships at Port Jackson Bay. Australia day should be known for something we overcome as a nation like for example legalizing gay

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.”

The march was seen as a challenge to the dominant society's hegemonic construction of Australia day and what it represented. It was a

Life can often take you in unexpected journeys. Australia Day is a day for Australians to enjoy themselves and remember significant events from Australia’s history. Young men have unique ways of enjoying themselves and sometimes end in unusual events. My friends and I found out such mysteries on Australia day 2014.

In 1984, Peter McCormick’s “Advance Australia Fair” officially became Australia’s national anthem. A song we proudly sing both on Anzac Day and Australia Day, with our hand’s on our heart. Should we be proud to sing a song about absolute lies? “Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free”, it took aboriginals over 60 years to be recognized as human beings, let alone Australians, they were anything but free. “For those who’ve come across the seas, we’ve boundless plains to share”, that whole sentence is a lie, we have stopped the boats, we don't want to share our boundless plains. We lock up our immigrants in Detention Centers, replicating that of cages. All of us here are living a free life and a safe life and for the majority of us, it is our reality and has been since the day we were born. I’m

With Australia Day associated to celebrating genocide and the destruction of the Aboriginal culture, the government must consider altering the date of Australia Day out of respect for the Aboriginal People and to further assimilation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians, which in contrast to genocide, is something truly worth celebrating.

Today, Saturday, 8 August 2015, marks 10 years since when I first set my two feet on Australian soil. I proclaim Australia as my second country exactly on today. It is worth celebrating. But, what makes this day more important than other days that deemed celebratory? There are significant days such as my birthday. As an American writer, Kintz Jarod, described, “the year you were born marks only your entry into the world. Other years where you prove your worth, they are the ones worth celebrating”. Thus, as of today, I am sure I have proved my worth through all what I have been doing. I don’t know what others might think, but for me, I should celebrate what I was able to achieve for the last 10 years