Happy Australia Day! Here is a special Australia Day song by our National Treasure, John Farnham, called the Land of the Southern Cross. Little did he know that just 2 short years later in our bicentennial year, 1988, he would be awarded Australian of the Year. . With everything that is going on, I wholeheartedly agree and can only ask that we love and be kind to each other, respect each other's beliefs and cultures, not try and change them. I am definitely not saying we should forget what has happened before, but that we turn those hard times and situations around into positives and we all learn from our mistakes. As John's most famous song, You're the Voice says "We're all someone's daughter, we're all someone's son. How long can we look at each other down the barrel of a gun?" As I'm typing this, I'm watching the part of the tribute to John, celebrating his 60 years in our music industry, which includes the Concert for the Troops in 1999. It is magical and the faces on the Troops and the East Timorese adults and children sitting on Aussie Soldiers shoulders just gives me goosebumps and really does make me so proud to be an "Aussie". Enjoy!
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Happy Australia Day! Here is a special Australia Day song by our National Treasure, John Farnham, called the Land of the Southern Cross. Little did he know that just 2 short years later in our bicentennial year, 1988, he would be awarded Australian of the Year. . With everything that is going on, I wholeheartedly agree and can only ask that we love and be kind to each other, respect each other's beliefs and cultures, not try and change them. I am definitely not saying we should forget what has happened before, but that we turn those hard times and situations around into positives and we all learn from our mistakes. As John's most famous song, You're the Voice says "We're all someone's daughter, we're all someone's son. How long can we look at each other down the barrel of a gun?" As I'm typing this, I'm watching the part of the tribute to John, celebrating his 60 years in our music industry, which includes the Concert for the Troops in 1999. It is magical and the faces on the Troops and the East Timorese adults and children sitting on Aussie Soldiers shoulders just gives me goosebumps and really does make me so proud to be an "Aussie". Enjoy!
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