Australia Day, 2011

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26日

26 January is Australia Day. It celebrates the arrival in Sydney of several ships full of English criminals (they used to be sent to America, but the Americans learnt how to make their own).

From The Morning Post, London, 1 November 1786:

“This thief colony might hereafter become a great empire, whose nobles will probably, like the nobles of Rome, boast of their blood.“

Not a great empire yet maybe, but we are in the finals of the Asian Cup - it`s a start!

Happy Australia Day!

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michikoさんからコメント
投稿日 2011-01-27 20:59

When was the Australian continent discovered? And who discoverd it? I hit on this questions when I read this blog.
Anyway, do you find your Australia scarf? What kind of design is it? Is it a desihn of national flag?

Teragoya Ottoさんからコメント
投稿日 2011-01-31 08:15

Hmmm... your questions about Australia`s discovery are difficult to answer, but the others are easy:
- I found my scarf
- It`s yellow & green
- It says "Go Aussie" on one side, and "Socceroos, Unleash 2010" on the other. My parents sent it to me last year before the World Cup.