Why does it have to be that particular day? Because Australia Day causes so much hurt and angst for the indigenous population in our country, why shouldn’t we be open to listening to their concerns and looking at an alternate day to celebrate us becoming a nation.
I love celebrating Australia Day too and am a descendant of English free settlers and convicts that were brought here against their will, but i still believe that we need to look at being an open and harmonious country of people and hear the concerns of the culture that was decimated by European settlers and brought to the brink of extinction by the ‘white’population. If my ancestors had endured the brutality and depravation of liberties that the indigenous population did, then I too wouldn’t want to celebrate the day that Europeans came to these shores and changed the lives of the indigenous people and their culture forever.
Yes,it wasn’t us who committed these atrocities, but it is our responsibility to recognise and reconciliate and make amends for those Australians that came before us.
After all, it is just a day and I’d be happy to celebrate Australia Day on any other day if it helped repair the broken relationships across cultures in this great country.
The day isn't about celebrating any of the atrocities that occurred, so I'm not sure why its a problem. Its about celebrating what you love about the country.
But because it causes quite a bit of pain to a section of our commuity shouldn’t we at least think about celebrating all the things it is to be Australia on another day?
Why does it have to be that particular day? Because Australia Day causes so much hurt and angst for the indigenous population in our country, why shouldn’t we be open to listening to their concerns and looking at an alternate day to celebrate us becoming a nation.
I love celebrating Australia Day too and am a descendant of English free settlers and convicts that were brought here against their will, but i still believe that we need to look at being an open and harmonious country of people and hear the concerns of the culture that was decimated by European settlers and brought to the brink of extinction by the ‘white’population. If my ancestors had endured the brutality and depravation of liberties that the indigenous population did, then I too wouldn’t want to celebrate the day that Europeans came to these shores and changed the lives of the indigenous people and their culture forever.
Yes,it wasn’t us who committed these atrocities, but it is our responsibility to recognise and reconciliate and make amends for those Australians that came before us.
After all, it is just a day and I’d be happy to celebrate Australia Day on any other day if it helped repair the broken relationships across cultures in this great country.
The day isn't about celebrating any of the atrocities that occurred, so I'm not sure why its a problem. Its about celebrating what you love about the country.
But because it causes quite a bit of pain to a section of our commuity shouldn’t we at least think about celebrating all the things it is to be Australia on another day?
Where does it stop?