Fathers Day is celebrated with much enthusiasm and joy. What is noticeable about Father’s Day in Australia is its unique time of celebration. Fathers Day celebration in Australia takes place in the same way as in several other countries around the world.
Father’s Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September in Australia. Hence, the date is a bit different. Unlike in the US and several other countries where Father’s Day is celebrated on the Third Sunday of June.
Taking opportunity of the occasion, people express gratitude for father and thank them for all their care and support. Usually, most often children gift flowers, neckties, chocolates or other gift to honor their dearest dad. Though the occasion is celebrated privately in households, several clubs and societies take initiative to organize special programs to encourage and entertain people.
Breakfast meeting for families is a common feature of Father Day celebration in Australia. Various types of games and activities are organized in such Father’s Day get-togethers to strengthen the bond of love between father and a child.
History of Father’s Day Festival as seen today is not even a hundred years old. Thanks to the hard work and struggle of Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd of Washington that just as we have set aside Mother’s Day to honor mothers we have a day to acknowledge the important role played by the father.
Some scholars opine that Father’s Day history is much older than we actually believe it to be. They say that the custom of honoring dad’s on a special day is over 4,000 years old. There are a few more claims about the Father’s Day origin about which we will learn in this page.
They believe that the origin of Father’s Day is not a latest phenomenon, as many believe it to be. Rather they claim that the tradition of Father’s Day can be traced in the ruins of Babylon. They have recorded that a young boy called Elmesu carved a Father’s Day message on a card made out of clay nearly 4,000 years ago. Elmesu wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life.
There is no record though of what happened to Elmesu and his father but the tradition of celebrating Father’s Day remained in several countries all over the world.