Michael Roberts the Thuppahiyaa
Dear MP for WAITE in South Australia, friends and countrymen
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‘Made’ in Australia: The Journal SOUTH ASIA
SEE … https://southasianstudies.org.au/journal/
South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies ranks as the leading academic journal in South Asian studies. It provides a forum for scholarly research, comment and discussion on the history, society, economy, culture and international relations of the South Asian region, drawing on a range of disciplines from the humanities and social sciences. South Asia publishes cutting edge, innovative, conceptually interesting, original case studies and new research, which shape and lead debates in the field.
Professor Kama Maclean: a key figure in the history of the journal
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Captain Cook, the First Fleet & Australia Day: Relevant Facts
Earlson Forbes in Sydney in Email Memo to Michael Roberts, 9 February 2024** as a Comment on this TPS Item viz https://thuppahis.com/2024/02/08/anzac-day-outdoes-australia-day-in-the–scales-of-dinky-die-australian-nationalism/ ……….. Note that the highlights in black are those by Earlson, while the other coloured segments are those of Editor Roberts.
Whilst the author of this email has made many interesting observations, I think clarification is due on some aspects of the contents. The email in question states. ‘The first fleet arrived in Botany Bay on 18th January. The 26th was chosen as Australia Day for a very different and important reason. The 26th of January 1949 is the day Australians received their independence from British Rule’.
The comment regarding the arrival of Captain James Cook is correct. James Cook did not bring the First Fleet to Australia. Many years before the First Fleet arrived in Australia Captain Cook was on a voyage to the mid Pacific. Cook’s voyage took him to Hawaii where there was a fierce encounter with the Hawaiians and Cook was killed in the skirmish on 14 February 1779.
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Anzac Day Outdoes Australia Day in the Scales of Dinky-Die Australian Nationalism
Michael Roberts
A week or so before patriotic Sri Lankans marked and celebrated “Independence Day” on 4th February denoting the day on which the imperial British order of the modern era relinquished its formal colonial hold on “Ceylon,” Australians marked “Australia Day” with commemorative ceremonies on 26th January. In fact, at the ceremony in Adelaide marking our Sri Lankan independence, I came across a former naval officer in resplendent out with medals marking his service in the Sri Lankan Navy who had received his Australian citizenship a week or so earlier.
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Arrowheads directed at AUSTRALIA DAY…..Today
Item in THE ADVERTISER Newspaper in Adelaide … web-reference gone walkabout … But see ………………………… https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-boss-nick-hockley-left-speechless-after-grilling-from-radio-host/news-story/199aa83d0e60b1da470ce4721b05b861
The issue that’s reaching boiling point today is the Australia Day debate. Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has added his voice to calls to change the date from January 26:
“My personal opinion
INSERTION: photos of typical Australia Day displays in Sydney in 2023 as concurrent ceremnies occurred in all cities, town and villages
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Boiling Point: Arrowheads Aimed at AUSTRALIA DAY
Item: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE
But the issue that’s reaching boiling point today is the Australia Day debate. Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has added his voice to calls to change the date from January 26: “My personal opinion is I absolutely love Australia and think it is the best country in the world by a mile. I think we should have an Australia Day but I think we can probably find a more appropriate date to celebrate. Australia Day is meant to be a celebration of everything Australia in our history. I think we could choose a better date.”
Adelaide University Celebrates Year 2023 & Envisions A Good Future
A Circular from The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Jessica Gallagher to Michael Roberts, 14 December 2023
Dear Michael, As 2023 comes to a close, I want to thank you, and all the valued members of our University community, for your ongoing commitment and support. It has been a full calendar of in-person and online events this year with many overseas executive missions, alumni receptions and partnership meetings. We’ve enjoyed connecting and reconnecting, sharing stories and forging exciting plans.
Equanimity in Crunch Situations: Glenn Maxwell and His Lady
A Striking Photo sent to Thuppahi by Keith Bennett of Australia
THE VOICE Referendum in Australia: ‘Overview’ of the Results
https://www.datawrapper.de/_/svSud/
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‘Knots’ and Disputes in Settling on the Border between Victoria and South Australia
Bob Dunn’s Book on THE DISPUTED COUNTRY. AUSTRALIA’S BORDE , pubd in 2004 and bearing ISBN 0 646 43306 7 serves up an intriguing set of stories amidst fascinating photographs and illustrations. It is yet another insight into the complexities of colonisation in this continent made possible for me by Michael Evans who has lent me the booklet.
