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Australians Born In February
We've added February's list of Aussies celebrating their birthdays. For those that are no longer with us, it's a way to remember them too. They include:
- 09 Feb 1897 – Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith
Flew from Australia to London in a record 10.5 days - 12 Feb 1959 – Sigrid Thornton
Australian actress (Underbelly 3, Inspector Gadget 2) - 15 Feb 1934 – Graham Kennedy
King of Australian television - 16 Feb 1973 – Cathy Freeman
Australian gold medal winning athlete - 17 Feb 1864 – Banjo Paterson
Australian poet (As Long As Your Eyes Are Blue) - 17 Feb 1934 – Barry Humphries
The delightful and fashionable Dame Edna Everage - 22 Feb 1962 – Steve Irwin
Australian naturalist, wildlife expert, Australia Zoo - See 50+ more February Birthdays
Valentine's Day Cards
Celebrate with
a traditional Red, Red Rose card.
Kissing Kangaroo is always popular. I've added a few other new Valentine's Day
cards too
Love & Romance Cards
I've added 25 more
Romance cards you can easily use for Valentine's Day including Let's Do It Again,
Flowers Curves and Sunset Love
Any time is a good time to say hello with our free Greeting Cards.
Australian Blog
Australian Spirit
We receive questions all the time from our overseas visitors about being an Aussie. So in honour of the Australia Day holiday, we thought it you might enjoy this blog repeat . . .
I Am Australian is one of the most loved songs in Australia. It talks about all the different kinds of people we are, from many lands, from the past and today ...
all are Australian.
We'll try to explain the stanza at the end of the song that you asked us about. The words "this great land" means our country, Australia. That stanza is talking about all the things that make us
speaking about the beauty of our country. "I'm the black soil of the plains" describes the rich soil where we grow our crops. "I am the rock, I am the sky" means we are part of everything in our great land.>
We talk with pride about Aussie "battlers". They are people who struggle to pay their bills and feed their families. They work hard at their jobs, but still struggle.
They have the "spirit" the poem talks about ... to keep trying and never give up when you know there will always be problems to face. That's why Aussies make so many jokes. It's part of our
Australian.
For example "I'm the drought and flooding rains" is speaking about the hardships we face in the past and today. Overcoming hardships makes us strong.
"I'm the mountains and the valleys" is
spirit to find humour in our problems. It helps us face and overcome them.
Every country has a spirit. It's developed from the way people lived and struggled to build a country. It shapes the way you think today and the way you act with other people. It's what makes us Aussies.
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