THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA

THE STORY OF

AUSTRALIA

THIS IS THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA - THE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY NATION. THE STORY BEGINS 60,000 YEARS AGO. NEW CHAPTERS ARE WRITTEN EVERY DAY. ON AUSTRALIA DAY, WE REFLECT ON OUR HISTORY, ITS HIGHS AND ITS LOWS. WE RESPECT THE STORIES OF OTHERS. AND WE CELEBRATE OUR NATION, ITS ACHIEVEMENTS AND MOST OF ALL, ITS PEOPLE.

WE'RE ALL PART OF THE STORY.

We currently celebrate Australia Day on January 26 each year, but that has not always been the case. In the early days, each state celebrated their own foundation day which happened on different days. It was not until 1935 that the states decided to unite the countries celebrations on the 26th of January, chosen as our National Australia Day, as that is the day Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet first set foot on our turf. A national holiday to celebrate Australia Day was introduced in 1946, not actually on the 26th of January but the closest Monday to that date. In 1994 the 26th of January was made the official date of the public holiday. The first ever official term “Australia Day” was coined in 1915, the date was July 30 and was to raise funds for the WWI War effort. The next year, 1916 the date was changed again to July 28. »

Info from www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/ the-other-australia-day-30-july-1915

THERE IS CURRENTLY GREAT DEBATE ABOUT WHEN AUSTRALIA DAY SHOULD BE HELD, OUR FIRST AUSTRALIA’S DON’T SEE THE 26TH OF JANUARY AS A DAY TO CELEBRATE, SO PERHAPS WE WILL SEE ANOTHER CHANGE TO THE AUSTRALIA DAY DATE, AND WE CAN ALL CELEBRATE THIS GREAT NATION TOGETHER.

THE STATE FOUNDING DAYS INCLUDED

NSW On the 26th of January 1837, the first Sydney Regatta was held to celebrate Foundation Day or First Landing Day, a day which they had been celebrating since 1804. TASMANIA Has celebrated Hobart Regatta Day since 1838, not necessarily on Jan 26, the date has varied. The Regatta initially commemorated the anniversary of Abel Tasman's discovery of Tassie, in 1642. WA Their early Foundation Days were to celebrate the founding of the Swan River Colony in 1829, again not a January celebration as The Swan River was discovered on June 1, 1829, hence their celebrations were always held in June. SA Proclamation Day or Foundation Day started in 1836, this day was often celebrated in December until 1910 when they switched to January 26. »

VIC Melbourne was a major town founded on August 30, 1835, under the governance of NSW, it did not officially become a State until 1851. Melbourne has named August 30 as Melbourne Day, and Australia Day celebrations for Victoria started in 1931. QLD On Jan 1, 1901, Queen Victoria granting Queensland the right to its own representative government, and it became one of Australia’s 6 founding states. This date was celebrated until 1981, along with Australia Day 26th January since 1935. So as the Australia moto says, lets celebrate, but also reflect and respect each other. For events in your local area visit your local council website or www.australiaday.org.au References from:

https://www.australiaday.org.au/about/history/ https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au Victoriasearlyhistory/timeline https://www.australiaday.org.au/ https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/the-other-australia-day-30-july-1915

TWIGGY FOREST

ANDREW “TWIGGY” FORREST IS BEST KNOWN AS THE MAJOR SHAREHOLDER OF THE FORTESCUE METALS GROUP (FMG)BUT IS HAVING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN OTHER INDUSTRIES AND IS A MAJOR PURCHASER OF FARMLAND.

With an assessed net worth of A$27.25 billion he was ranked as the second richest Australian so he is a good position to “buy back the farm” and create new industries. His investment company Tattarang purchased iconic outfitter RM Williams from the French Louis Vuitton Group for around $190 million and will ensure all RM Williams products are made in Australia. In December he purchased a 175-year-old Benedictine farm New Noricia for $40 million stopping the beef empire falling into foreign hands. The acquisition of New Norcia follows Tattarang finalising the $30 million pastoral leasehold purchase of two iconic Kimberley cattle stations – Jubilee and Quanbun Down Harvest Road also has a huge portfolio of properties including the iconic Minderoo Station in the Pilbara, which was established by David Forrest in 1878 and bought back by his great-grandson Twiggy Forrest in 2009 and the 225,000-hectare Brick House and 273,000-hectare Minilya Station and the state’s largest beef processing plant at Harvey, south of Perth known as the Harvey Beef brand. He was also a major agent of change for the $425 million buyout of Huon Aquaculture by Brasil’s JBS after grabbing an 18% share in the company and threatening to block the sale unless it committed to higher animal welfare standards across the world including a “no pain, no fear” approach when slaughtering animals in the processing phase.

JBS is one of Australia’s largest foreign owners of cattle and pork and bowed to his campaign. In addition his Fortescue Metals Group has said it wants to produce 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030, and 40 million by 2040 to create new industries in Australia. One of the new industries he is proposing to resurrect is the Australian steel industry. His proposal is to use Green hydrogen from renewable energy (wind and solar) to make the steel – instead of polluting coal – and then export that to the world from the Pilbara where most of Australia’s iron ore is exported from. Fortescue also plans to be carbon neutral by 2030 ahead of the Federal Government’s target of 2050.

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