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Cultural dancers at the Yabun festival, at Victoria Park, Sydney. Australia.
Part of the Australia day celebrations, 26th Jan 2010.
ISO 200 300mm f/5.6 1/1600 sec, hand held, raw..
It is Australia Day. a public holiday . here is how I am spending my day.I needed a day at home to relax and chill out.,(even though the weather is beautiful and there are so many wonderful events on around Melbourne)
curious about Vegemite - some more of my drawings, including some strange childhood sandwiches www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=31752495%40N03&sort=da...
Happy Australia Day!
Had a fun hour sketching hot air balloons this morning at 6am (earliest I have ever been out sketching) at Parramatta Park. I think this is the earliest Australia Day activity on offer... back home by 8.30 so can still enjoy a family day with the kids and cricket in the background!
Parramatta Park, Sydney, Australia
Today is going to be another hot day and I am sure that many people will head out to the beach for the holiday. I pray that they all take care as there have been four people drowned in the last week at our beaches. One young family watched both their parents die after they went in to save their children.
History of Australia Day
The tradition of noticing 26 January began early in the nineteenth century with Sydney almanacs referring to First Landing Day or Foundation Day.
That was the day in 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet of eleven convict ships from Great Britain and the first governor of New South Wales, arrived at Sydney Cove.
Yet the tradition of having Australia Day as a national holiday on 26 January is a recent one. Not until 1935 did all the Australian states and territories use that name to mark that date. Not until 1994 did they begin to celebrate Australia Day consistently as a public holiday on that date.
The evolution of Australia Day has included a number of nationally significant events, including the strong emergence of the Indigenous rights movement on the sesquicentenary of 1938, and the huge bicentenary celebrations of 1988.
Today is Australia Day a national holiday. I've drawn the classic lamington and written a blog post with my previous Australia Day sketches and some Australian birds and animals .Please visit my blog on my new website www.alissaduke.com/2015/01/australia-day.html
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This is my favourite shot of the day... celebrating Australia day, with an an indigenous dance and a great big smile...... beautiful...
Cultural dancers at the Yabun festival, at Victoria Park, Sydney. Australia.
Part of the Australia day celebrations, 26th Jan 2010.
ISO 200 200mm f/5.6 1/1000 sec, hand held, raw..
I decided to put this capture up early, as im pretty busy for a while and won't be on flicker much....On Thursday the 26th of January 2012 will be "AUSTRALIA DAY"....It's a celebration on the foundation of "Australia"... And a man named "Captain James Cook" who discovered Australia back in 1788..., I went with an Australian Icon for the back ground ... This Is AYERS ROCK... it's located in the northern part of Australia a town called ALICE SPRINGS in the NORTHERN TERRITORY..... This rock is over millions of years old.... xxxx Michelle xxxxx Champaz xxxxxx Blacky....
~ HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY FOR ALL MY FELLOW AUSTRALIAN"S ~....
What is Australia Day???
To me...... well.....I spent the morning doing chores, cleaning the house and mowing the lawn.....and having a few beers, after all the chores were done of course.
I managed to do all this in a bluey singlet, and an Australian flag tattoo I found in a chip packet....I mean.... how Aussie am I?????