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Australian Of The Year 2012
Geoffrey Rush has been named Australian of the Year for 2012 for his lifetime of contribution to the arts. He received the 8 kilogram green glass trophy from Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra.
An internationally acclaimed Australian actor (The King's Speech, Shine, Pirates of the Caribbean) and producer, Geoffrey Rush is won multiple acting awards including an Oscar, Tony Award, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe Award. He is also ambassador for UNICEF Australia and patron of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Since 1960 the Australian of the Year Award recognises people who inspire us through their achievements to be better, do better. They challenge us to contribute in our own way to making Australia and the world a better place.
See our 50 years of Australian of the Year Awards
Australia Day Cards
Celebrate with our
sunbathing koala cards or how about
dancing emus or a
kangaroo surfing.
We've added a few new cards. Hungry? Throw a snag on the barbie with food & beer cards. Our beautiful beaches inspire lots of parties!
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Australia Day card today.
Any time is a good time to say hello with one of 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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