Invasion Day activities on the 26th of Jan- Post yours here

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Tiger2709 said:
"Technically, January 26 does not mark the arrival of the First Fleet to Australia. Leaving England on May 13, 1787, the first ships arrived at Botany Bay on January 18, but Arthur Phillip decided it was not a suitable site. January 26 marks the day the British flag was hoisted at Sydney Cove."
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Australia Day wasn’t always January 26, but it was always an issue

Australia Day has not always been celebrated on January 26, and the meaning of the date has been contested historically and today.
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So before changing dates which no doubt will occur one day, we should ensure we don't choose a date that has further negative connotations, it needs to be a date that all Australians can celebrate.
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No matter the date as soon as it gets called Australia Day the usual suspects will be out protesting
The activists that were campaigning to change the date 5-10 years ago have already moved onto cancel the day
 
Tiger2709 said:
I agree, as my original post stated our flag could represent all this countries history but they only purchased the rights to their flag a year or so ago so give it time.

You may also find that many Aboriginal troops that fought under our flag would like to keep it as is, don't assume all indigenous are in favour of these changes.
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Who is 'they' and you might want to check what happened to aboriginal soldiers on their return home from war.
 
WA ROO said:
No matter the date as soon as it gets called Australia Day the usual suspects will be out protesting
The activists that were campaigning to change the date 5-10 years ago have already moved onto cancel the day
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And so the date should be changed. It brings significant hurt and pain to Aboriginal people.
 

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Will start at the Invasion Day Dawn Service at Kings Domain Resting Place, will then head off to the protest at Parliament House and then onto the Share the Spirit concert in the Bowl. My wife, 4 sons, their wife's, my grandkids, our 3 Foster kids and 3 visiting kids who are staying with us from interstate will join us.
 
Tiger2709 said:
I agree, as my original post stated our flag could represent all this countries history but they only purchased the rights to their flag a year or so ago so give it time.

You may also find that many Aboriginal troops that fought under our flag would like to keep it as is, don't assume all indigenous are in favour of these changes.
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The below is from the department of veteran affairs. Don't assume Aboriginal soldiers were not treated as a sub species. Seriously.

WORLD WAR 1
"Returning home after the First World War, Aboriginal ex-servicemen received little public or private support. They were denied access to soldier settlement schemes. In some states Native Welfare Agencies quarantined their wages and pensions. Sometimes they were denied access to military funerals, and the treatment they and their families received at ANZAC Day services and in the local RSLs varied depending on the attitudes of the local community."

WORLD WAR 2

On the battlefield, everyone was equal. Aboriginal and white Australians fought side by side. But any equality was stripped upon the return home. Attitudes are not changed. Aboriginal people were still subject to discrimination. They couldn’t go into a bar to have a beer with mates. Their kids and they couldn’t go into swimming pools etc. Aboriginal people could die for their country but it would be more than 20 years after the war before they could even vote.
[Dot Peters, excerpt from digital story, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, 2010]
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"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who served Australia during the war returned to a country that continued to discriminate against them.

Despite the relative equality of their service years, and the fact they had fought and died for their country, their service was not immediately rewarded with citizenship rights.

Indigenous service men and women did not receive the same recognition as other veterans. Some were not offered the same compensation as non-Indigenous veterans, such as soldier settlement blocks or spousal pensions. For many, it would be at least 40 years before they received the benefits owed to them, including wages in some cases.

In the years following the war, Indigenous veterans were discriminated against by inconsistent state laws that tried to control their rights to:

  • move freely
  • own property, or
  • drink with their mates in a pub on Anzac Day "
 
South of the Yarra said:
Will start at the Invasion Day Dawn Service at Kings Domain Resting Place, will then head off to the protest at Parliament House and then onto the Share the Spirit concert in the Bowl. My wife, 4 sons, their wife's, my grandkids, our 3 Foster kids and 3 visiting kids who are staying with us from interstate will join us.
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Not going to work?
 
Elmer_Judd said:
I hate to tell you Postcodes, but I have personally burnt the Australian Flag myself (well no, my chums at the Socialist Alliance did it years ago at an Invasion Day protest, I just clapped and spat on the burning flag)

No regrets.

I call the flag burning as a massive F U to the scumbag Royals/Windsor family and The Poms.

Prince Andrews is an infamous rock spider and rapist, and his *wit family have tried to hid/pay off his crimes for decades (he was BFFs with the vile Jimmy Saville)

I don't want those scum bag pieces of s**t regarded as the head of state/representing my country, esp on the flag.

When The Queen died, I cracked upon 2 slabs in celebration (much like I did with Thatcher croaked it)

Leave aside the contentious human rights issues of the Indigenous Australians for a moment, why do flogs insist we have a toxic, inbred family of cousin rooters, drunks, pro nazi sympathisers and general losers and deadbeats like Windsors aka Royal family, being our national head of state and by association overlords.


Our country will have no true soul or identity until we become a Republic and get rid of the Royal Family Trash.

#ElmerGoesBang
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Finally a decent post. Hopefully you learn from that.
 
Tiger2709 said:
Hawaii a state of the US also has the union jack on its flag, it reflects the history of the state/country, many of our troops fought and died for our flag, show some pride in your country.

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In the World Wars Canadians fought and died under this, the flag of the Dominion of Canada

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Ever since 1965 Canadians have fought and died under this flag

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The country goes on. Soldiers will fight and die no matter what flutters.
 

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