Yesterday was Australia Day- the national day of Australia. Its a holiday which marks the landing of the first convict-carrying British ships in Sydney on January 26th 1788. Celebrations generally involve beer, barbecues and if youre into music, listening to triple js hottest 100 countdown. There are community events and awards as well as citizenship ceremonies to welcome new Australians into the community. We have a lot to celebrate in Australia. Were politically stable, incredibly wealthy compared to most of the world and were free. However we need to find a way of celebrating while also being sensitive to the fact that for indigenous Australians, January 26th 1788 marked the beginning of the dispossession of their land, mass murder, slavery, a generation of children forcibly removed from their parents and the dismantling of a culture that had existed for 70,000 years. Blame, guilt and anger are not tools for reconciliation. We shouldn’t make non-indigenous Australians feel [...] [READ MORE]: thesunpilots/thoughts/Australia-Day-the-first-boat-people #Australia #AustraliaDay
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:30:00 +0000
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