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  1. 24th January 2018, 02:57 PM #131
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    Quote Originally Posted by trout1105 View Post
    I am of the opinion that changing the date/name of the Australia Day PH has More to do with a minority groups ambition to gain political power and influence than anything else.
    As far as I am concerned Australia Day is the Most patriotic public holiday of the year and any attempt to ban or demean this date is very Un Australian.
    When did Australia actually come into being? Would it be more like Federation day?

    Wouldn't it be fair to say that before Federation - all we had was a mixed bag of colonies evolving into States and varying borders drawn across an island continent?

    Is it a fair poke to suggest that:
    - maybe traditional Aboriginals would feel a bond and loyalty to the land but,
    - most modern western style societies talk about a bond/loyalty to Country


    Whilst the land was around before Federation, is it fair to say that there was no common united Country to which we could all rally patriotically as Australians until after Federation?
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  3. 24th January 2018, 03:45 PM #133
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fatso View Post
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    Well that would be because, to use Germany as an example as it is there, the Germans have actively legislated against anti-semitism whereas Aboriginals remain marginalised and at the edges of Australian society which, as a whole, remains endemically racist.
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  4. 24th January 2018, 04:07 PM #134
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    Quote Originally Posted by tact View Post
    When did Australia actually come into being? Would it be more like Federation day?

    Wouldn't it be fair to say that before Federation - all we had was a mixed bag of colonies evolving into States and varying borders drawn across an island continent?

    Is it a fair poke to suggest that:
    - maybe traditional Aboriginals would feel a bond and loyalty to the land but,
    - most modern western style societies talk about a bond/loyalty to Country


    Whilst the land was around before Federation, is it fair to say that there was no common united Country to which we could all rally patriotically as Australians until after Federation?
    January 1, 1901. So I think that makes January 1 a great time for Australia Day.
    So what if it's already a holiday, that doesn't matter.
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  5. 24th January 2018, 04:14 PM #135
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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    January 1, 1901. So I think that makes January 1 a great time for Australia Day.
    So what if it's already a holiday, that doesn't matter.
    jan26 is Australia day when the seeds for modern aust were sown
    jan1 is federation day when modern Australia bloomed
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    it does make more sense than jan26th..
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  8. 24th January 2018, 04:50 PM #138
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    When did we start shaking hands left handed ?

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  9. 24th January 2018, 04:53 PM #139
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ean Austral View Post
    When did we start shaking hands left handed ?

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  10. 24th January 2018, 05:01 PM #140
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ean Austral View Post
    When did we start shaking hands left handed ?

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    Ha Ha did not notice that , at least the yanks are not lefties .
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