{"id":10476,"date":"2009-01-26T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T16:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:41:29","slug":"ceremony-at-the-ndc-to-mark-the-australian-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/ceremony-at-the-ndc-to-mark-the-australian-national-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony at the NDC to mark the Australian National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LTG Wolf-Dieter Loeser with Australian Course Member Lt.Colonel Michael Toohey <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, 26 January 2009, the NATO Defense College hosted a ceremony to mark the Australian National Day.<\/p>\n

Senior Course 113 and the NDC Command Group, Faculty and staff were invited by Lt Colonel Michael Toohey to celebrate the occasion with him.<\/p>\n

In the presence of the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter Loeser, Lt Colonel Toohey gave an interesting and lively speech focusing on the salient events of Australian history.<\/p>\n

40,000 years before the start of European settlement in the late 18 th century, the Australian mainland was inhabited by around 250 ethnic groups of indigenous Australians.<\/p>\n

The discovery of Australia by European explorers led to Dutch colonization of the territory. The eastern part of the continent was claimed by the British in 1770.<\/p>\n

Britain decided to use its new outpost as a penal colony. The British First Fleet of 11 ships, carrying about 1,500 people, half of whom were convicts, arrived in Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788. As a consequence, New South Wales was founded on 26 January 1788. It is this day that is remembered as Australia Day.<\/p>\n

Lt Colonel Toohey is the first Australian ever to participate in the NDC Senior Course, which for a few years now has been open to participants from Contact Countries ( Japan, South Korea and Australia).<\/p>\n

The College has already welcomed two Japanese course members. Senior Course 114 will be attended by another student from Japan and, for the first time, a student from South Korea.<\/p>\n

Prepared by Ms Teresa Caterino (ITA)<\/p>\n

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