Everything about Dominion Day totally explained
Dominion Day is a commemoration day of the granting of national status in various
Commonwealth countries.
Canada
Dominion Day was the original anglophone name of the holiday that commemorated the formation of the Dominion of
Canada on
July 1,
1867 out of the existing British North American colonies (The francophone name was
Le Jour de la Confédération). That holiday was renamed
Canada Day (Fête du Canada) on
October 27,
1982.
A popular legend is that the term Dominion was originated for Canada's formation in 1867. It is suggested that Sir
Samuel Leonard Tilley suggested the term to the
Fathers of Confederation at their meeting after his morning devotionals, during which he read Psalm 72:8: "He shall have dominion from sea to sea." The term "Dominion" was used to describe former British Colonies before Canada's Confederation.
From the 1960s into the 1980s, Dominion Day was the date the
Miss Dominion of Canada beauty pageant was held at Niagara Falls, Ontario, to select the Canadian representative for the major international beauty pageants (
Miss Universe,
Miss World,
Miss International, and Queen of the Pacific).
New Zealand
Dominion Day is the name given to
26 September, the anniversary of the day
New Zealand was granted
dominion status within the
British Empire in
1907. The day is only observed as a
Provincial Anniversary Day holiday in
South Canterbury. There is support in some quarters for the day to be revived as an alternative New Zealand Day, instead of renaming
Waitangi Day, New Zealand's current national day.
Further Information
Get more info on 'Dominion Day'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://dominion_day.totallyexplained.com">Dominion Day Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
