澳洲国庆日的来历和一首经典老歌,悉尼妈妈网微信公众号文章

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明天就是澳洲国庆日了，既然咱们选择在这片土地上生活，还是要了解一下这片土地的历史和文化，也可以让孩子们也对自己生活的地方有简单的认识：

澳洲国庆日的来历

我们知道，英国人首先把澳大利亚作为一个流放囚犯的地方，据说四分之一的澳大利亚人身体里都流着这些囚犯的血液。1788年1月18日，由菲利普船长率领的一支有6艘船的船队经过九个月的跋涉，共1530人抵达澳大利亚的植物园湾（Botany Bay），当中有736名囚犯。

八天后的1788年1月26日，他们正式在澳大利亚杰克逊港（Port Jackson）建立起第一个英国殖民区，这个地方后来人口不断增长而成为澳大利亚第一大城市悉尼，这个名字是为了纪念当时的英国内政大臣悉尼（Sydney）。

因此，每年的1月26日是澳大利亚的国庆日。

澳洲国庆日的习俗

每年的国庆日就像是个大Party，各大城市都有各种各样的活动来庆祝节日。而其中固定的一项就是每年的入籍仪式，作为一个移民国家，这里像一个大熔炉正不断吸收，融合来自全世界各个地方的民族和文化。

澳洲国庆日的争议

事实上，澳大利亚日的庆祝备受部分澳大利亚人争议，尤其是对澳大利亚原住民来说，这天代表他们的土地被欧洲人入侵，亦是往后2百多年来所受到的非人道对待的开端，特别是历史上“失窃的一代”事件，大家有兴趣可以自行查看这段澳洲不堪的往事，真是有人欢喜有人忧。

最后送给大家一首经典的澳洲人之歌，I am Australian，歌词写得非常棒，无论咱们是不是澳洲国籍，在Australia Day听听这首歌，体会一下当年来到这片土地渴望美好未来的人们奋斗精神，同时咱们也希望未来的澳洲越来越平等，越来越美好吧。

歌词如下：

I came from the dream-time, from the dusty red soil plains
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame.
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come.
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian.

We are one, but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream and sing with one voice:
I am, you are, we are Australian

I came upon the prison ship, bowed down by iron chains.
I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run
A convict then a free man, I became Australian.

We are one, but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream and sing with one voice:
I am, you are, we are Australian

I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression, I saw the good times come
I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am Australian

We are one, but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream and sing with one voice:
I am, you are, we are Australian

I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira, I paint the ghostly gums
I am Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian

We are one, but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream and sing with one voice:
I am, you are, we are Australian

I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they run
The spirit of this great land, I am Australian

We are one, but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream and sing with one voice:
I am, you are, we are Australian
I am, you are, we are Australian!