JANUARY 26 Australia Day When Juan Antonio Samaranch proclaimed the city of Sydney as winner of the 2000 Olympic Games, he attracted continent-wide guffaws by pronouncing it “See-deny”. Not from me, he didn’t. Actually, old Juan was more correct – Si Deni – than when it is heard in its more common form – Sydney. […]
FESTIVALS: January
Celebrations and Festivals: January 1, Federation Day Australia
JANUARY 1 Federation Day I am an internationalist first, and an Australian second; this subordinate nationalism is however important. Trying to understand what an Australian is – hence what I am – has demanded of me a considerable amount of spiritual energy over my seven decades-plus as a citizen of this wide brown land. My […]