“While the storm clouds gather, far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free” – God Bless America, written by Irving Berlin in 1917, sung by Kate Smith and broadcasted to Americans on Armistice … Read More
Articles
Poem from an anonymous Rhodesian – putting pen to paper
After all have come and gone We will remain shadows Of a forgotten Past Those that follow After we are long forgotten Will say: Here stayed men of substance Therefore I pray God bless all sons of Rhodesia … Read More
Islam is right (about banking)
Australia’s first Islamic bank is projected to begin operations in 2025. Islam prohibits usury, so this bank advertises “profit-share” on deposit accounts, and “interest-free” loans in which the bank takes a sort of partnership role with borrowers, sharing in the … Read More
Celebrating Wattle Day
The planting of wattle trees has, for obvious reasons, long been at the heart of Wattle Day commemorations. The original conception of the day, however, involved something more substantial. In her excellent article “Wattle Nationalism”, which presents an overview of … Read More
Refugees in Australia
Since time immemorial, nations and their laws have recognised the right of refugees to seek asylum from oppression and abuses of power. Notions of protecting legitimate refugees varied from time to time however were codified most famously in the United … Read More
Crossing the Rubicon to Nativism
“I believe that we are today crossing the Rubicon. There can be no turning back” – State President P.W Botha, Durban, August 1985. The events in the United Kingdom we have witnessed in the past week are historic. For 18 … Read More
Fleeting Nativism during the China Virus
Contributed: James Smith The 2020 – 2022 China Virus pandemic was a wild time. Destructive for small businesses during the lockdowns, depressing for extroverts stuck at home, repressive limits on civil liberties, Australians forced into taking the vaccine with coercive … Read More
Celebrating Victoria Day
When we nativists speak of Australian identity, we tend to do so as though it were a monolithic entity. We do so for practical reasons, of course; in seeking to resist the forces of multiculturalism, it is far simpler to … Read More
Two Legacies Honoured
It is fortuitous for our association that, of all the triumph and tragedy to emerge from Australia’s nation-defining experience in the Great War, the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing has been chosen above all else as the lasting monument to … Read More
Remembering the War for White Australia
Lest we forget. It is the phrase around which Anzac Day commemorations revolve; the raison d’etre of the entire day. And yet, ironically, it seems we are increasingly expected to forget much of the Anzac legacy, particularly where it intersects with matters … Read More
Jumping Into Nationalism
Most people who will read this post understand that white Australians need to organise if they are to maintain any degree of political power in Australia. The reason that many people won’t get involved is simple: fear. In this post, … Read More
Banjo Paterson Night and the Creation of National Culture
On Saturday evening, 17 February, the Victorian branch of the Australian Natives’ Association hosted its inaugural Banjo Paterson Night in honour of the 160th birthday of our unofficial national poet. The evening included speeches and discussions about Paterson’s life and … Read More
The Romantic Impulse and Australian Culture: A Reflection on Banjo Paterson Day
It’s Banjo Paterson Day today, and I thought I had better write a reflection on why this day is so important to Australian Nationalists. Nationalism, not as a descriptive term but as a positive ideology, was hugely influenced by the … Read More