22 Mar 2021
This week we are celebrating Harmony Week at Waratah Campus.There are some great events planned for our celebrations and hopefully the sun will be shining by Wednesday to help us celebrate this week.
Harmony Week is a time to celebrate Australian multiculturalism, and the successful welcoming of people from other countries into the fabric of our community. Australia is one of the most successful multicultural countries in the world and we should continue to celebrate this and work to maintain it every moment and every day of every year.
Australia is a vibrant and multicultural country — from the oldest continuous culture of our first Australians to the cultures of our newest arrivals from around the world. Our cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths and is at the heart of who we are. It makes Australia a great place to live. A connected and strong multicultural Australia is an integral part of our national identity. All people who migrate to Australia bring with them their own cultural and religious traditions, as well as taking on many new traditions. And collectively, these traditions enrich our nation every day, eery year.
The statistics have not changed since last year – nearly 50% of all Australians have been born, or have at least one parent born overseas. Since 1945 7.5 million people have migrated to Australia.
As a country we are stronger when we recognise, understand and celebrate each other and where we come from. It is only through our empathy for others, walking in someone else’s shoes and truly appreciating the experience that others have had, that we can value the differences that bring us together and make us one. Just like the new words in our national anthem we are ‘one and free’.
Happy Harmony Week Callaghan Waratah, please remember all week that it is empathy and compassion for others that makes us the wonderful country and nation that we are today.
Ms Macdonald
Principal