Iza, I have known people who fit the same criteria as you possess and yet they have done some pretty un Australian deeds. technically they qualified as Australian bte ethically and morally the came no where near the mark

absolutely Pods, that's why we need jails and a justice system etc .We are all human

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@poddster wrote:

Iza, I have known people who fit the same criteria as you possess and yet they have done some pretty un Australian deeds. technically they qualified as Australian bte ethically and morally the came no where near the mark

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 well why dont you tell us just what that is . get it over instead of pontificating.

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@poddster wrote:

Sorry Richo, but that siggie serves to remind people to read what i have written and not to put their own interpretation on what i have written

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And there in a nutshell is your problem, Poddy. T

he most valuable piece of advice I was ever given in a writing workshop was this:

never assume that because you know what you meant to say, you have actually said it in a way that makes sense to other people.

When people sit down to read something you have written, you are not going to be there, looking over their shoulder to explain what you meant to say. If people can't understand your writing, then no matter how 'clever' it may have been, you have failed.

Martini, It's all good . I didn't feel that you needed to apologise . I appreciate that you did .Thanks 

We are all different and while you can't imagine what it's like to not have travelled overseas ...I can't really imagine what it is like to travel overseas .I know people like yourself and others like myself in that regard 

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Yes but if I talk about the attributes that I think make me Australian, it wouldn't make sense to anyone else. because it's an innate thing.

 

For example, my Italian heritage is a really important attribute to me that contributes to my Australian-ness. 

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On the English speaking thread someone mentioned migrants who had come out 50 or 60 years ago and I idly thought that I would have considered them Australian by now but Italian (or wherever) born. 

I think the mix of heritages would be a big part of what makes us so Australian. Although my forebears came out fairly early in settlement, I grew up with children of other backgrounds and we were all  Australian.

Reading the rest of the posts, I've never left the country either (or owned a passport) A financial decision and I would like to see some of the world one day, but meanwhile it's all coming to me. 

EM, for me those are the things that identify me as being Australian.

As to the rest of me ..... that could be a variety of different things

and I'd still be Australian 

On the English speaking thread someone mentioned migrants who had come out 50 or 60 years ago and I idly thought that I would have considered them Australian by now but Italian (or wherever) born.

I think that was me, EM. I meant it in respect of language only, as was the topic of that thread ( they are the older generation now, and many still talk in their own language when out, not English). It was not a reflection on whether they would be considered Australian or not by themselves or others.

I knew whoever said it hadn't meant anything negative, it was just one of those comments that you think about.