Statement of intention
Changing the Date of Australia
My oral presentation being presented aims to prevent the original date of Australia day from being changed. Recent issues in the media have raised big concerns over the current date of Australia day as the national day that has been celebrated for years is deeply offensive to indigenous Australians and should be deemed as “invasion day”. Recent attempts to ban Australia through indigenous Australians protesting their way to deem Australia January 26th as “invasion day”.
One of the persuasive strategies I will attempt to use in the oral presentation is the use of key data and important events taken from reliable sources to show why Australia day shouldn’t be changed as it will not change
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what has been done in the past and also the things that Australia have done to apologies and change the past to make Australia a better nation with a bright future. In my oral presentation I will be sure to incorporate inclusive language throughout such as ‘we’ and ‘us’, to ensure that I speak directly at the audience and that they are engaged in the presentation. I will also include a PowerPoint during the presentation with photos of past events and current evince that will also act as my evidence for the data. Throughout my presentation, I will employ a range of public speaking techniques to enhance my performance.
I will use pauses to add emphasis to the key points of my arguments, and aim to speak at a steady pace so that the audience can clearly hear and understand my arguments being stated. Usually when I present orals I tend to speak really fast and miss some important information, this is due to a lack of confidence and many nerves. Therefore I would like to work on my pace and know my oral back to front before the presentation day. After presenting my oral to the audience I hope to have persuaded the audience that the date for Australia Day should NOT be changed as it is a national celebration day that celebrates what we have become as a nation and the many more things we can do to become even …show more content…
better. Australia Day Date Should NOT be changed P.O.V Speech Currently in the media, there have been raised concerns about changing the date of Australia Day as it’s a day that is disrespectful to indigenous Australians as we white Australians “took over the Land”.
I personally believe that Australia day should NOT be changed as, Australia Day is the official sthe arrival of the First Fleet of the 11 convict ships from Great Britain, and the raising of the Union Jack at Sydney Cove by its commander Captain Arthur Phillip, in 1788. However Australia Day for many Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people see as a day of sorrow and grieving.
It is well known that Captain Arthur Philips landed in Australia on 26th of January and took over the land and is referred to as “invasion Day”. Yet little do people know, Captain Arthur Phillip didn’t land in Australia on 26 January. He first landed in Australia between the 18th and 20th of January 1788 in Botany Bay, however where he landed he couldn’t find fresh water so he then sailed into Sydney Cove on the 26th where he found a Tank Stream…..problem solved. Australia day today celebrates our diverse society, our remarkable achievements, our future as a nation and how we can make Australia a better
place. Australia day can be marked in a way that is respectful of Indigenous Australians and recognises cultural diversity. It has been claimed that Australia Day can be celebrated on January 26 in a way that is profound to the attitudes of Australian citizens who are not of British origin and which recognises their contributions. Equally the day can be celebrated in a way that acknowledges Australia's evolving identity and the contributions of more recent immigrants, including in 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to the Indigenous people who were forcibly removed as children from their homes and parents' care and placed in Church missions or adoptive white family.. On January 27, 2013, Benjamin Thomas Jones noted, 'Let us keep 26 January as the national day and be ever vigilant to ensure that Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people walking together is something both sides can celebrate. Over the past years Australia has become a better nation by introducing and celebrating change, this is evident through: 1. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2008, formally apologised to the Indigenous people who were removed as children from their homes and families care and were placed in Church missions or adoptive white families. 2. The national anthem, the second verse of the Australian National anthem makes reference to our multicultural and generosity as a nation, which makes January 26th more suitable as a new public holiday. 3. Constitutional rights In 1967, Australia held a referendum in which questioned whether Aboriginal people should be given the right to make laws and be accounted for under the constitution. Our country voted with a decisive 90.77 per cent in favour of the changes. 4. On the 26th January 1824, the first mixed-race marriage occurred which was the first aboriginal-British legal marriage in the colony. Changing the date of Australia day will not change what has happened in the past and be of no practical benefit to Indigenous Australians. I strongly believe that changing the date of Australia day would be unrealistic, unsymbolic and furthermore would do nothing to improve the circumstances of the Indigenous Australians. An opinion piece published on January 25, 2017, by Anthony Dillon stated, 'in response to my words "Australia is a great country to live in", some will immediately retort: "Well, it's not so great for many Aboriginal people." I agree, what happened to the indigenous Australians should never be forgotten. My question is, how will protesting about the date and Australia Day help those Aboriginal people? Protesting about the day, I believe, is a cover-up to obscure the real problems that many Aboriginal Australians face today. In addition to the problem of violence there is poor health, community dysfunction, unemployment, child neglect, and poor school attendance. These problem however will not be solved by changing the date of our national celebration day.
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