Stomping up community pride for Australia Day 2008

As a 14 year old school girl, Patricia Amphlett sang ‘He’s my blonde-headed stompie wompie real gone surfer boy’.

Now, she’s about to sing the praises of Wyong Shire.

‘Little Pattie’, as she is known to millions of Australians, will be the shire’s Ambassador for Australia Day 2008. She will attend many of the local events and activities designed to mark the national day.

Local events
Read about Wyong Shire events to celebrate Australia Day 2008. including the key role that Citizenship ceremonies will play. These ceremonies will also allow existing citizens to reaffirm their loyalty and commitment to Australia.

Australia Day history
The tradition of having Australia Day as a national holiday on 26 January is a recent one. Not until 1935 did all the Australian states and territories use that name to mark that date.

And, it wasn't untill 1994 that Australia Day was consistently celebrated as a public holiday on that date.

See more history and general Australia Day information

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Page last updated: 21/01/2008