It is fitting that it is most often on Australia Day that local councils host these ceremonies, gathering together people of all origins to recite the pledge of commitment, the final step in their journey to become Australians. Not by birth, that curious accident of geography and biology, but by pomp and circumstance at official citizenship ceremonies held by local councils across the country. *A person may choose whether or not to use the words “under God”Įvery year, tens of thousands of new Aussies are welcomed into this wide brown land. How Local Councils Are Helping Forge a New Australia From this time forward, under God* I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I will uphold and obey.

What Citizenship Ceremonies Tell Us About Who We Are.

Modern Citizenship Ceremonies: Lamingtons, Karaoke and Goats.

*A person may choose whether or not to use the words “under God”.

whose rights and liberties I respect, and.

I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people,.

Australia’s Best Citizenship Ceremonies How Local Councils Are Helping Forge a New Australia.

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