Australia Day

I should first start by saying Happy Australia Day and how lucky I am to be an Australian. I think we all get stuck or "labelled" into being something else other than Australian. But if you strip down all the exterior, all the materialistic things that rule our lives, then its not too hard to see that we are all the same, we are one, we are Australia! Hahaha

I was watching the news the day before Australia day, and there were racial slogans that had been graffitied in my local community. My first thought was what kind of person would do such a thing. What does Australia day truly represent? It is supposed to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet. This is a perfect example of globalisation in its earliest form. Was it really a positive event, or does it depend on how it affected you. In the european mind, it has brought about great change that was needed for a growing Australia. However from a native perspective it has stripped Australia of its culture, land ands its people.

Link to vandalism: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/21009367/anger-over-australia-day-vandals/