Some thoughts about Public Relation

Generally

We have bring out many interesting thing which touch PR work. In spite of aspect (PR-history, PR-processes, developments of PR or future of PR) one thing is sure. In the major part concerning the Public Relations is always a human being. PR is born from people and it focus to people. In every world, in every social class and in a every workplace.

So when we plan to do Public Relation work in Australia or anywhere. we naturally have to know something about people and theri cultur. In this our blog of courseAustralians and their cultur.

Public Relation is work between individuals and/or companies. We build reputation or crash it by public relation. Without knowing backgroud we can't create the future. Everything have an effect on everything. Good things and bad things. Ethics and politics. Countries and Cities. Earth and sky. We can continue this list endlessly.

This we also learn from Kaja in our last lecture.

Australians

So what kind of person is a typical Australian?

Life in Australia says as follow:

"There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about the Australian identity and whether there is such a thing as a ‘typical’ Australian, with standard characteristics or traits.
There is no shortage of popular stereotypes and, just to confuse things, sometimes these stereotypes contradict each other.
For example:
Australians are egalitarian, irreverent • ent people with a deep suspicion of authority – yet they are mostly
law–abiding and conformist.
• Australians are people of few words who live mainly in country areas or the Australian bush – yet most of
them live a cosmopolitan lifestyle in the cities.
• Whether Australians live in the city or the bush they are open and direct and they say what they mean.
• Australians believe in the principle of giving people a fair go (a definition of a fair go can be read in Australian English).
• Australians stand up for their mates (friends), the disadvantaged and the underdog. An underdog is
a competitor or rival that is thought to have little chance of winning a sporting game or contest.
• Australians love their sport, both as spectators and participants.
There are also differences of opinion about the extent to which Australians have been influenced by their British heritage or, more recently, by Australia’s strong relationship with the United States, or by the millions of migrants who have come to Australia in the post–war era.
Australians are sometimes seen as Europeans trying to come to terms with being geographically located in the Asia–Pacific region. Yet, at the same time, Australia is often seen as a gateway to Asia because of its geographic position and the large number of Australians who speak Asian languages. The truth, of course, is that Australians, like people everywhere, cannot be easily stereotyped. Many of the popular images have some truth to them and most Australians conform to at least some of these images.
However, which ones, and to what extent, depends on the individual."

Australia Day is celebrated every year on 26 January, commemorating the anniversary of the landing of Governor Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove in 1788.

Finally - National anthem

Advance Australia Fair was composed by Peter Dodds McCormick in 1878 and became the national tune in
the late 1970s. It was proclaimed Australia’s national anthem in April 1984.

The words are:

"Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We’ll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who’ve come across the seas
We’ve boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair."

(" Australian Goverment, Life in Australia ")

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