Eureka Flag of the Southern Cross design and symbolic origins of Australian Nationalism

There is no controversy about the Eureka Flag.  It is singularly an icon of Australian nationalism since 1854, symbolic of Australian national identity, Australian sovereign independence and of Australian individual freedoms. The Banner of the Ballaarat Reform League of Diggers Upon the…

ANZAC Day meaning

Our ANZAC Day is an annual dedication to our national remembrance of our Australians with New Zealanders past and present who have served, sacrificed, lost their lives in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, as well as of the contribution and suffering…

Rekindling our Waltzing Matilda

    Unidentified men of our 5th Division AIF partaking in cigarettes and resting by the side of the Montauban road, near Mametz, while enroute to the trenches. Most of the men are wearing Aussie sheepskin jackets and woollen gloves and are carrying…

Eureka Stockade Day: Australia’s 160th anniversary of democratic rebellion remembered

December 3rd is a significant date on Australia’s national calendar. Exactly 160 years ago in 1854 the day fell decisively on a Sunday, the Sabbath, when lay miners (“diggers”) on the Ballaarat goldfields made a sacrificial stand against the English colonial authority…