Thread: Why cant I simply be Australian

Originally Posted by stevo68

Hmm, this topic has me thinking as to what I am. Dad is English, arrived here 47 yrs ago and Mum is Australian....what does that make me. In one aspect I am first generation, but in another I am many generations Aussie . Also it works in reverse, many yrs ago a new neighbour moved in, had come over from England. One day chatting over the fence and he asked me what part of England did I come from , told him no part, Im an Aussie through and through.

Ditto, ignoramus's abound, try having c.o.c.k in your surname ,

Regards

Stevo

Know what you mean. My wife stepped off the same boat as Bushie, and she also has been neutralised (that's what I mean), but I consider our children as second generation, which I believe to be correct.

IMHO anyone that comes here and respects our laws, history and language and trys to fit in can call themselves an Aussie. Anyone who wants to come here and change laws more suited to where they came from and their religion can leave. Not for a minute saying they can not believe in their religion etc, but must abide by our culture etc.
And I am a 6th gen Aussie.

Originally Posted by numpty

Know what you mean. My wife stepped off the same boat as Bushie, and she also has been neutralised (that's what I mean), but I consider our children as second generation, which I believe to be correct.

Generally in genealogical terms it is worked of your paternal history. But hey if either parent is Aussie and you are born here I have no objection with anyone calling themselves 2nd gen.

Originally Posted by numpty

Know what you mean.

My wife stepped off the same boat as Bushie

, and she also has been neutralised (that's what I mean), but I consider our children as second generation, which I believe to be correct.

weren't you allowed razors on board

born here, dads a pom, mums a philippino....... and i'll happily get in a blue with anyone who says im not australian..... you just have to ignore the british passport that comes bundled with the australian one.....

I have been here 15 years now, and am now an Australian Citizen. Sometimes I get hassled about being a "Yank". To those people, I say I'm Australian, but I was raised overseas. Seems to stop any further hassles.
I have lived in many different countries, from the Bahamas, to here, and this is where I choose to live and raise my family with my wife. I'm here because I want to be here!! This is the lucky country, and I love it.

Cheers,
Ken

I'm about 5th generation Australian on Dad's side (Germany) and I think 3rd on Mum's (England/Ireland).

However I get asked a lot (especially when I was at school) where I came from. People have said Spain/Greece/Turkey etc. Even people from those countries!

Plus when I was in New Zealand last some Kiwis we were talking to in Palmerston North didn't believe I was Australian as I didn't have an Australian accent (never lived outside of SE Qld). That's just stink

I remember an Asian girl at school that looked like any other Asian girl. The first time I heard her speak she had a real oka accent and couldn't speak a word of anything except English.

So long as you have the birth certificate or citizenship papers then you are an Aussie. Hopefully, regardless of how you became an Aussie, you will uphold the values that make this Nation great.

I should add that we have a fair few Kiwis at work (actually all bar two have left recently).

One of them has gotten the piece of paper and is an Aussie but we don't mind. We still include him in the sheep jokes

Although he tells more than we do sometimes