Category Archives: Citizenship

Oct252015

Assimilation (or “Why I Support the Wallabies”)

All Blacks, Australia, Catching My Eye, Citizenship, WallabiesBy Bruce Lyman October 25, 2015 2 Comments

I was a migrant. Past tense if you please. At some point you stop being a migrant and become a citizen. Not because of a piece of paper received from the government, but because you decide you are no longer a guest but rather a host. That you are not just part of the place,…

Aug232009

Australia Citizenship

Citizenship Jingoism?

Australia, CitizenshipBy Bruce Lyman August 23, 2009 Leave a comment

Surprised myself by discovering not so. My own ceremony was held with a small handful of others in the office of some Melbourne based Minister. I can’t recall who he was. Last week I attended a citizenship ceremony in North Sydney and discovered it was a quite emotive and sentimental affair. I lost track of…