Order of Australia

Jan 31, 2014 18:09

This Australia Day, my Dad won an award! Even more - he was accepted as a member of the Order of Australia, which as far as I can make out is like Australia's chillaxed version of the British knighthood.
"Sir Frederick and Lady Wentworth! It would be but a new creation, however, and I never think much of your new creations."
- Mary Musgrove, ( Read more... )

indigenous australians, family, social policy

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nuranar January 31 2014, 15:49:59 UTC
Congratulations to your dad ( ... )

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spally February 5 2014, 09:48:04 UTC
Its sounds plausible!
The thing is that it's so hard for me to really understand what's going on in their minds because I know their upbringing, life experiences and basic beliefs - their worldview - is just so different from mine and I as much as I learn about what they think I still don't feel like I really get it.
It freaks me out that one day I won't be able to understand the generations that come after us in a similar way. I'm scared of the cultural disconnect happening in more than one direction :S

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