Originally Posted by
lynnie
Thanks for telling us how you celebrate. I love hearing about other cultures and their celebrations.
Do you have anything special you do, like give gifts or something, or is it like our independence day,
with parades and bbq's. Happy Australia Day.
No we don't give gifts on Australia Day, there are lots of parades and our Prime Minister announces who is "Australian of the Year", "Young Australiian of the Year", "Senior Australian of the Year", last year 2015 Australian of the year was a lady Rosie Battey, she is a great campaigner against domestic violence, her only son Luke was stabbed to death by his father at a cricket match in front of Rosie, she suffered many years of abuse by Luke's father. Rosie was and still is a great ambassador in highlighting and fighting against domestic violence. Our 2016 Australian of the year is David Morrison a soldier who has fought tirelessly against bullying in our armed forces.