We were originally discovered and settled as an English convict colony. I cant feel those chains any longer can you? Then why do remain true to the queen? We are Australians, we have our own country, we made it what it is today and by right I think we should separate from the monarchy as it has no purpose in England let alone Australia. We can still hold our values of memories past without being a commonwealth country, the diggers wont lose what they fought for, in fact I think they would gain some pride as they would have fought for OUR own country to survive, not because our “parent” country told us to. I’m as Australian as a white person can be, I had relatives out on the first fleet (despite them being in chains) and I think as a country we should become more active in our personal history. I remember going through school and learning about America this, or enlgand that, I am so outraged that still as my young cousins go through school they have learnt next to nothing about things that have made Australia truly Australian; such as; Ned Kelly, Eureka Stockade, all the diggers and Anzacs, Simpson and his donkey, our past prime ministers, Banjo Patterson, Henry Lawson, I can go on like this.

Why is it that having politicians say they love this land not do anything to promote our country with in our schools? I have in much of my spare time read up on many of these topics as I feel by missing out on these in school I missed out on a unique Australian experience – why should we learn about the monarchy or American history, that doesn’t define us as a culture. We should learn about Australian ideals and stories. That at least would instill some much needed pride into the youth of this country and perhaps halt the Americanisation of our beloved land.