10 January 1902, Australia Day.

Because January 10 is the time when the Principality of Australia was founded, it is naturally also designated as Australia's National Day.

However, because Arthur was far away from Europe on the last National Day, he did not have the opportunity to participate, so naturally he did not prepare too grand ceremonies and ceremonies.

This is the second anniversary of Australia's founding, and Australia's various constructions have already made great achievements, so at the suggestion of the cabinet, a lot of activities have been specially prepared for this National Day.

The first of these is the National Day military parade.

The reform of Australia's original army has been going on for more than half a year. During this half-year training period, the Australian army has experienced considerable growth and has gradually become a qualified army.

In order to train the army of 6,000 men, Arthur used most of the Guards, and even had the audacity to invite a few training experts from Germany.

However, this has also been very effective, and the discipline of the army has been completely renewed, and it can be seen from the overall aspect that it is a strong army.

In order to make them truly elite, the Department of Defense has spent a lot of money to equip them with all the most advanced Lee Enfield rifles, and feed them dozens of rounds of ammunition every day.

Although there is no guarantee that every soldier will become a sharpshooter, when it comes to actually entering the war, it is not enough to feed all the bullets into the air.

If it weren't for the approaching National Day, the Ministry of Defense would have already started the process of reorganizing these trained soldiers.

However, the number of Australian soldiers was still too small, and although 6,000 soldiers could barely be reorganized into an infantry division, it only improved its backbone.

According to the German infantry formation, a standard infantry division with a full strength of about 18,000 men, 4,600 horses and more than 30 heavy machine guns.

The next step was to complete the infantry division by conscription and equip it with a large number of heavy firepower weapons.

At present, Australia has heavy firepower weapons such as MA-96 Maxim machine guns and CA-1 machine guns, as well as German-backed artillery of various calibers.

If military experts can successfully penetrate the French M1897 artillery, then they can also have another automatic artillery.

In terms of firepower, the Australian army, equipped with these powerful weapons, is no weaker than any army, and comparable to the firepower of the armies of the great powers.

Even with sufficient logistics, the Australian army, armed with two automatic guns, the CA-1 machine gun and the M1897 gun, may be able to suppress the armies of other powers.

After the parade, there will be a second round of aid for Australia's poor during the National Day.

The Royal Relief Committee announced the second round of subsidies for the poor, that is, through the form of cash-for-work, to distribute various aid materials, including food, and some relief funds to these poor people.

This is the result of the deliberations of the Relief Committee. Teaching a man to fish is clearly a better way than teaching him to fish.

Relief committees will be looking for jobs across Australia that are suitable for these poor people, so that they can obtain relief food and funds through some simple labor.

This would also significantly reduce the number of fraudulent claims for relief supplies. After all, if you want to receive relief supplies, you have to work at some designated jobs for a while.

For ordinary people, this time is enough time to find a more decent job and earn more money.

As the National Day draws closer, the Australian vibe is becoming more and more joyful.

Everywhere you see in Sydney, the freshly established Australian flag is everywhere.

This is the final appearance of the Australian flag after the Australian government solicited all the designs of the national flag from the private sector.

Australia's flag is also a tricolor and consists of light blue, white, and yellow.

White is in the center, representing the supremacy of the Australian royal family and Australia's eternal monarchy, as well as the policies of White Australia.

Yellow represents all Australians and the most important Australian ideals of the people.

The blue color is placed below, indicating that Australia is a coastal country and sea power is the most important thing in Australia.

The design of this flag is completely different from the original historical Australian flag, but it reflects the current style of Australia.

To tell the truth, when Arthur first saw the design of the national flag, he suddenly thought of the hot stalks and ridicules about the French flag in later generations.

Because there is a white strip in the middle of the French flag, coupled with the cowardice of the French in World War II, it is said that the French flag is very convenient in surrender, because it can be quickly made into the flag of the surrender envoy, the white flag.

Now Australia has a white flag, but it shouldn't be in the same embarrassing situation as France, right?

Because of the approaching National Day, Australia has many temporary flag making workshops.

A simple piece of cloth of fixed proportions, rendered in three colors to form the Australian flag, can be sold.

Often, these small flags don't sell for much, but they are very popular with all Australians.

Even immigrants who have only recently moved to Australia have had to go along with the trend and buy a pair of flags to hang on their doorstep.

This has increased the income of many Australians in disguise and led to Australia's economic development.

That's what Arthur would like to see, not in terms of economic improvement, but in terms of how well Australians recognize the country.

Whatever their reason, uniting all Australians under the nation of Australia is already the greatest success of the Australian government led by Arthur and Arthur.

No other countries were invited to participate in the National Day celebrations, but only officials from the New Zealand colonies and some people.

Combined, there were about 200 of them, and most of them were powerful New Zealand people or activists who advocated for New Zealand's independence.

Arthur's purpose in inviting them was to show them what had become of Australia, which had been on the same level as New Zealand.

Although it has been more than a year since Arthur became the Governor of New Zealand, Arthur has not set off any reforms in New Zealand, and even the administrative measures Arthur has not been involved too much.

Because the New Zealand garrison was under the control of the British Empire, Arthur did not have to worry about any problems with the control of New Zealand.

In this situation, New Zealand is in a state of semi-stocking. Arthur did not suppress the independence of New Zealand, and New Zealand did not know much about Arthur as a governor.

Now that Arthur is finally free, it's time for New Zealanders to learn about the changes in Australia.

The second more, ask for support!

(End of chapter)