Australia Day: Celebrate what's great in Morley
Thu, 21 Jan 2010, 08:00 pmCity of Bayswater1 post in thread
Australia Day: Celebrate what's great in Morley
Thu, 21 Jan 2010, 08:00 pmAustralia Day is more than just a public holiday – it’s a day of celebration, as Aussies old and new celebrate what’s great about the land Down Under and reflect on what it means to be Australian.
About 60 new Australian citizens will be welcomed in the City of Bayswater as they pledge their allegiance to the nation at the Morley Sport & Recreation Centre from 10am, Tuesday, January 26, in a citizenship ceremony celebrating Australia Day.
The 2010 Premier’s Australia Day Active Citizenship Awards will also be announced by Bayswater Mayor Terry Kenyon in the under-25, over-25 and community group or event categories.
More than 300 people are expected to attend the City of Bayswater celebrations with a free community breakfast from 8.30am at Pat O’Hara Reserve, behind the Morley Sport & Recreation Centre, organised in conjunction with the Central Eastern Business Association and Morley Rotary Club.
A sausage sizzle will help kick off the day, followed by a flag-raising ceremony and entertainment from a bush band, face painters, balloon twister, baby animal farm and bouncy castle for children.
Mayor Kenyon said Australia Day showed how people from many countries, backgrounds and walks of life live together to form a nation of difference and unity.
“Australia Day is a day to reflect on what we have achieved and what we can be proud of in this wide brown land and it’s also a time for us to re-commit to making Australia an even better place for the future,” he said.
“Through our diverse beliefs and experiences we learn from each other and grow and the City of Bayswater is a wonderful example of how this multiculturalism has been embraced to benefit the community as a whole.
“Australians are a great people who are proud of their country and its traditions, believing in a fair go for all, mateship and pulling together in hard times.
“Australia Day celebrates these values and ideas and demonstrates our national pride with events right across the country, whether they are large festivals, citizenship ceremonies, fireworks nights or just the great Aussie barbecue.”
For more information, go to www.bayswater.wa.gov.au
City of BayswaterThu, 21 Jan 2010, 08:00 pm
Australia Day is more than just a public holiday – it’s a day of celebration, as Aussies old and new celebrate what’s great about the land Down Under and reflect on what it means to be Australian.
About 60 new Australian citizens will be welcomed in the City of Bayswater as they pledge their allegiance to the nation at the Morley Sport & Recreation Centre from 10am, Tuesday, January 26, in a citizenship ceremony celebrating Australia Day.
The 2010 Premier’s Australia Day Active Citizenship Awards will also be announced by Bayswater Mayor Terry Kenyon in the under-25, over-25 and community group or event categories.
More than 300 people are expected to attend the City of Bayswater celebrations with a free community breakfast from 8.30am at Pat O’Hara Reserve, behind the Morley Sport & Recreation Centre, organised in conjunction with the Central Eastern Business Association and Morley Rotary Club.
A sausage sizzle will help kick off the day, followed by a flag-raising ceremony and entertainment from a bush band, face painters, balloon twister, baby animal farm and bouncy castle for children.
Mayor Kenyon said Australia Day showed how people from many countries, backgrounds and walks of life live together to form a nation of difference and unity.
“Australia Day is a day to reflect on what we have achieved and what we can be proud of in this wide brown land and it’s also a time for us to re-commit to making Australia an even better place for the future,” he said.
“Through our diverse beliefs and experiences we learn from each other and grow and the City of Bayswater is a wonderful example of how this multiculturalism has been embraced to benefit the community as a whole.
“Australians are a great people who are proud of their country and its traditions, believing in a fair go for all, mateship and pulling together in hard times.
“Australia Day celebrates these values and ideas and demonstrates our national pride with events right across the country, whether they are large festivals, citizenship ceremonies, fireworks nights or just the great Aussie barbecue.”
For more information, go to www.bayswater.wa.gov.au