Summary

Sticker with the slogan 'Advance Australia Fair For Those Who've Come Across The Seas We've Boundless Plains To Share' produced by Australians Against Racism and Discrimination in Sydney in 2008. The sticker was produced to counteract racism in Australian society, and was sold through the social networking sites of MySpace and Facebook in 2008 and 2009, and from 2009 at the website ozstickers.com. The slogan is the title of and a line from the Australian national anthem which emphasise that Australia is welcoming to migrants.

Physical Description

White sticker on white backing paper. In green and yellow across the top is: "Advance Australia Fair". Then beneath in black: "For those who've come across the seas". Then in bold black: "We've boundless plains to share". Beneath this in red "myspace.com/ozstickers".

Significance

These stickers and T-shirts are representative of the group 'Australians Against Racism and Discrimination' efforts to counteract racism and discrimination in Australian society through the social networking site Facebook. Many of the slogans on these stickers and t-shirts were created to counteract racist slogans developed and used recently, especially since the Cronulla riots of 2005. The slogans and imagery on the stickers and t-shirts are also an attempt to counteract the 'hijacking' of the Australian flag and southern cross for nationalist 'Aussie Pride' protests.

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