Freediver said: "Wrong. We started out that way, but a we are tending towards a common culture. Multiculturalism has never been a threat to our identitiy. At times it was the only identity we had. People who don't like multiculturalism are the ones who are really attacking our identity."

Once again the fallacious 'Australia has no national culture' mantra is invoked as a justification for multiculturalism.

Less than 50 years ago, Australia was very secure in its national identity, and had been so for some time. The population was homogenous, mainly Australian-born of Anglo-Celtic descent. At the time of the Second World War only 2% of the Australian population was of non-English speaking background.

By maintaining strong links to the British Empire and preferring immigrants from English-speaking countries, Australia's national identity was consolidated with a strong British influence in the first half of the 20th century. Yet, Australians were not simply transplanted Britons or Irishmen seeking to recreate a clone of the British Isles in the South Pacific.

Australians began forging a unique identity separate from Britishness prior to federation. This distinct national identity was based on generations of nation-building experiences in a unique island continent, membership in a national polity based upon Western liberal democratic principles, and sharing a predominantly Anglo-Celtic culture.

Sadly, multiculturalism has attacked the very foundations of Australian nationhood. It has left many Australians ignorant of the fact that the lifestyle we know and love are products of our distinctive Australian culture and western civilizational heritage.

Many Australians, let alone immigrants, know little of our nation-building achievements or or proud history in art, music, literature, sport and film, with achievements in every scientific field. They have no understanding of the relationship between our culture and the Australian values of egalitarianism and mateship. They have no knowledge of the inheritance we share with the other countries of the Anglosphere - common-law, democratic political institutions, and the freedoms which were prescribed in the Magna Carta.

Dresdener, with a pseudonym like that, I'd have thought you'd be aware of the Second World War - you know, the one in which the old Imperial order was forever relegated to history?

While your nostalgic description of pre-War Australian society is probably quite accurate as far as it goes, the reality is that the Australian culture you lament has been changing exponentially and irrevocably since then. As I've suggested, this is because it has to adapt to an increasingly globalised world in order to survive.

Australia will never again be the kind of monocultural, homogeneous society you desire, if indeed it ever was. Get used to it - there's absolutely no choice.

It is quite possible to engage in contemporary multicultural society positively and pleasurably, you know.

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The multiculturalists attempting to deconstruct Australia are either delusional, or dishonest and suffering from a particularly self-abasing form of cultural cringe.

Australian culture is unique, and it is indeed odd that foreigners recognize this but not some of Australia's own people. It may be mainly Anglo-Celtic in origin, but it is distinctly Australian nonetheless. Those who deny the existence of a traditional Australian culture only need to go out into the country to rediscover the 'real Australia', a world away from the division, confusion and segregation inflicted upon our cities by the menace of multiculturalism.

Dresdener,

I live and own a business in the bush, and I'd certainly never deny that we have a unique Australian culture. Where we differ is that the Australian culture I'm part of isn't locked in the 1950s - even here in Woop Woop.

CJ Morgan stated: "Dresdener, with a pseudonym like that, I'd have thought you'd be aware of the Second World War - you know, the one in which the old Imperial order was forever relegated to history?"

And what bearing does that have on Australia? Does this mean that Australians should be divested of their predominately Anglo-Celtic heritage and seek infusions from non-Western cultures? What is behind this burning desire to transmogrify Australia's national identity through mass immigration and multiculturalism?

CJ Morgan stated: "As I've suggested, this is because it has to adapt to an increasingly globalised world in order to survive."

With the exception of perhaps Canada, no other country has gone through such a dramatic immigration-driven demographic transformation in such a short period of time. If such massive changes are products of globalisation, why aren't other countries undergoing similar mutations?

Such mass population movements are not the global norm. Australia, for example, has the highest proportion of foreign-born citizens in the world. Something like 25% of Australia's population is foreign-born, compared to the global average for nations of around 1%.

CJ Morgan said: "Australia will never again be the kind of monocultural, homogeneous society you desire, if indeed it ever was. Get used to it - there's absolutely no choice."

Back in the early 1980s, historian Geoffrey Blainey warned:

"Our immigration policy is increasingly based on an appeal to international precepts that our neighbours sensibly refuse to practice. We are surrendering much of our own independence to a phantom opinion (that ethnic composition makes no difference) that floats vaguely in the air and rarely exists on this earth. We should think very carefully about the perils of converting Australia into a giant multicultural laboratory for the assumed benefit of the peoples of the world."

http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=1667

The concerns of Blainey and others were dismissed by the multiculturalists as scare-mongering and xenophobic. But now the same multiculturalists are saying that yes, our country has been changed irrevocably within only a few decades, and it's all been done regardless of the wishes of Australia's founding majority.

Yet, all is not lost. These changes are self-induced mutations, not natural demographic trends. Last time I checked, Australia was a sovereign, democratic nation with control over its borders. Throughout history, societies have always had the fundamental right to determine who should belong to them. It is therefore hypocritical to profess belief in democracy, then deny people any democratic control over immigration policy, one of the crucial influences on a country's identity.

"It is quite possible to engage in contemporary multicultural society positively and pleasurably, you know."

The great thing about the current form of ideological multiculturalism practiced here in Australia is that it doesn't involve knowing anything about other cultures - the teachings of Confucius, the Georgian alphabet, who cares? All it requires is feeling good about every culture other than our own.

Truly multicultural societies are dysfunctional, and usually fall apart along ethnic, cultural and religious lines. If you wish to experience other cultures in their full glory, get on a plane. Personally, I prefer Western culture.