Australia Day For Every Australian January 26 2013, 0 Comments

by Kelly Keegan

Australia has only embraced the 26^th of January as an actual national public holiday since 1994.

Now all around our sunburnt country the 26^th January is set-aside for all Australians to connect as one. Celebrations down on the beach, backyard barbeques and ceremonious flag bearing for newly pledged citizens are synonymous.  Minus six-degree frothy amber ale flows whilst the Aussie modern feast-a-quest of lamb cutlets, snags, caramelized often-charcoaled onions served with a bowl of iceberg salad.  Few hours’ later, follows dessert consisting of traditionally fashioned Pavlova topped with freshened whipped cream and smothered with ripened summer fruits. For every Australian!

Australia’s increasingly diverse population embraced their new land in doing so Australia has become quite a multicultural and by-lingual country.   Australia day is an opportunity for immigrants to become a naturalized citizen of Australia. Citizenship ceremonies have become an ever increasing public affairs wherefore citizens attending these ceremonies to welcome new citizens making their pledge to Australia and its people by responding with an affirmation, this is a central piece to Australia Day as local community event. Highly received event with many registered applications looking forward to becoming apart of every Australian.

Reference

Celebrating Australia: A History of Australia Day;- by Dr Elizabeth Kwan