January 26, 2020

Happy India Republic and Australia Day!

The National Flag of India – a tricolour of India saffron, white and India green; with the
  Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre.
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January 26th is India Republic Day and Australia Day!   

India's Republic Day features a large parade in New Delhi.

Indian Australians include both those who are Australian by birth and those born in India or elsewhere in the Indian diaspora. Indians are the youngest average age (34 years) and the fastest growing community both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages in Australia.[3]
In 2017-18 India, with median age of 34 years and 2.4% population of Australia, was the largest source of new permanent annual migrants to Australia since 2016...
Of the top 10 languages spoken in AustraliaIn Hindi is ranked 8th with 0.7% of total population and  Punjabi 10th with 0.6% of total population.[4][5][6] 
The largest Indian Australian population is found in the state of Victoria.[7] Among Indian origin religions, which also include non-Indians, are Buddhist (2.4% of total population or 563700 people), Hindus (1.9% or 440300) and Sikhs (0.5% or 125900).[5]
Indians were the highest educated migrant group in Australia with 54.6% of Indians in Australia having a bachelor's or higher degree, more than three times Australia's national average.[8]





“The date 26 January is always special for Indians. More so in Australia, since we get a holiday and are able to celebrate our country of origin and the country we have chosen to live in on the same day!

In Adelaide [South Australia], the tradition of hoisting the Indian flag on Republic Day started only [in 2016]. So it was quite special hoisting it again on a make-shift pole and singing Jana Gana Mana standing under it. More than a hundred voices rose with the raising of the flag and it was a very special moment. The Australian national anthem [Advance Australia Fair] was also sung and this was followed by speeches inside the Indian Education Centre Hall.”

Some universal words:


They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise
The saving of all people waits in thy hand.

Our land abounds in nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare.

Pete

4 comments:

  1. Hi Pete,

    Any thought about Australia set to build its first research submarine it doesn't seems to include the attack class submarine winner but will possibly be input to the design?

    "The project is collaboration between the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, Flinders University, TAFE SA and the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College with Defence support from DST Group.

    The four industry partners for the project are SAAB, ASC, Dassault Systemes and MOOG Australia."


    “On this project we are starting pretty much from scratch but we have access to a very good technical support network including UK, The Netherlands and potentially the French so we will be able to feed on the lessons learned from these countries and take the best from all of them to build a successful model.”

    /Kjell

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  2. I think the proposed research submarine is more about providing validation for numerical computer simulations. The proposed model seems to be closely related to the BB2 generic submarine model used by DSTO for research purposes, and using a scaled down version would allow them to validate the software predictions for other submarine designs and improve the potential new designs/modifications in the digital prototype stage

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  3. Hi Kjell and Ben

    I tend to think Ben is on the right track. This "submarine" is an unmanned model hydrodynamic (and maybe acoustic) demonstrator. Better funded countries, like the US, use much larger permanent facilities.

    See this 2018 Submarine Matters article about the US Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) facility at Lake Pend Oreille, Bayview, Idaho https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2018/11/us-navy-submarine-asw-landlocked-idaho.html

    Pete

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  4. Hi Pete and Ben,

    I think it's interesting that it's the old gang and not the new gang that's participates in the design.

    /Kjell

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