Happy
Australia day !!
Did
you know that today marks the 65th Anniversary of the institution of
Australian citizenship ??
65
years ago today, 2,493 people from 35 nations became Australian citizens with
the first citizenship ceremony held in Canberra on 3rd February
1949.
Since
that time, 4.5 million people have chosen to become Australian citizens with
more than one million in the last decade.
Today,
Australia Day 2014 saw a record-breaking 17,863 new citizens from 155 different
countries making the pledge to become Australian citizens in about 400
ceremonies across the nation, including four 4 ceremonies held overseas.
One
of those was at the High Commission in New Delhi.
It
was quite a lovely ceremony with a good turn out to see Otmar (one of our
spouses) and Preeti take the oath and become Australian citizens. It was even more
special because Otmar’s parents flew in to Delhi especially to attend the
ceremony – something Otmar didn’t know.
Turned
out to be quite a lovely day - after the ceremony, there was a BBQ, meat pies,
lamingtons, pavlovas and even a cake.
Oh....it
was also Republic Day so Happy Republic Day !!
Here are some photos from the day:
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| The reaction from Otmar when he realised his parents were here |
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| Otmar and his parents |
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| Tania was Master of Ceremony |
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| Preeti and Otmar reading out the pledge |
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| Singing the National Anthem |
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| The ceremony was streamed live to relatives back in Australia |
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| Yummy meat pies !! |
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| Even yummier pavlovas |
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| Otmar's cake |
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