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The history of the Australian American population almost follows the story of both British Americans and Irish Americans, as Australia was a British political territory at the time when they first immigrated and most of the settlers were English or Irish.
American Australians are Australian citizens who are of American descent, including immigrants and residents who are descended from migrants from the United States of America and its territories. This includes people of European , African American , American Indian , Hispanic or Latin American , Asian , and Pacific Islander backgrounds.
By the 1820s, an unofficial coat of arms consisting of a shield depicting four symbols of commerce (a golden fleece, ship, anchor and wheat), supported by a kangaroo and emu with the motto "Advance Australia" was widely used across the eastern colonies of Australia. It appeared on buildings and personal goods as a branding device for Australia.
As early as 1890 some farming organisations had been formed in Western Australia, with the Wheatgrowers' Association being formed in 1908. In March 1912 the Farmers and Settlers' Association was formed in part as a response to a letter to WA farmers from the Rural Workers' Union of Australia discussing farm workers' wages and merged with the Wheatgrowers' Association.
Dreamtime is an Indigenous Australian religious/mythological term. New Zealand Māori rugby league team; The New Zealand Warriors, (Auckland, New Zealand), plays in the Australian NRL competition. The team logo indicates the "Warrior" is an Indigenous reference.
The banner of the first issues of the Farmer and Settler was subtitled "The Official Newspaper of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales", then from Volume II no. 1 of 8 February 1907 was far less ornate, with the motto "The Official Organ of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of NSW", which in July 1910 became "The Voice ...
In 1948 the Australian-American Association proposed "to establish a Memorial in Canberra in the form of a monument or statue, to perpetuate the services and sacrifices of the United States forces in Australia and to symbolise Australian-American comradeship in arms". [1]
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