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Under the silver light of the Southern Cross, a national emblem paperweight may have been quietly lying on every Australian desk. It may seem ordinary, but it holds down the paper of the times with great force, allowing the swaying thoughts to take root. This heavy weapon in a small space is just like the hidden character of this country. The kangaroos and emus on the national emblem look forward with their heads held high. Their physiological characteristics that cannot retreat are cast into the base of the paperweight, indicating the endless pioneering spirit of this young country. When the morning light penetrates the glass of the Parliament Building, the shield composed of the emblems of the six states on the paperweight flickers in the pile of documents, just like the bones of the federal system – each state is independent but supports the dome together. The engraved golden acacia patterns become clearer and clearer with day-to-day pressure, just like the road trodden by the pioneers gradually becomes a thoroughfare. The azure background of the national flag condenses into the glass of the paperweight, and the Southern Cross locates the direction at the four corners of the paperweight. Whenever the sea breeze brings the wave of change, this artifact guarding the documents becomes a stabilizing force. It reminds the writer: real progress is never about following the crowd, but about moving forward with confidence after recognizing the coordinates. Just as the federal star always points to the true north, the backbone of a nation must be deeply rooted in its own land. The paperweight not only suppresses paper, but also restlessness and instability. When the fingertips touch the cold and hard metal relief, it seems to touch the courage of the ancestors to cross the ocean, the wisdom of the indigenous people to watch over the mountains and rivers, and the sweat of countless ordinary people to build their homes. This weight that has been accumulated for a hundred years will eventually lift up the new buds that break through the ground in every spring when it can’t be restrained.

在南十字星的銀輝下，每一座澳洲的辦公桌上，或許都曾靜臥過一枚國徽鎮紙。它看似平凡，卻以千鈞之力壓住時代的紙張，讓飄搖的思緒落地生根。這方寸間的重器，恰如這個國家深藏的品格。國徽上的袋鼠與鴯鶓昂首向前，它們無法倒退的生理特徵被鑄成鎮紙的基座，昭示著這個年輕國度永不止息的開拓精神。當晨光穿透議會大廈的玻璃，鎮紙上六州徽章組成的盾牌在文件堆中閃爍，恰似聯邦制的筋骨——各州獨立卻共撐穹頂。那些錒刻的黃金合歡花紋，在日復一日的按壓中愈發清晰，如同拓荒者踏出的道路漸成通衢。國旗的湛藍底色凝成紙鎮的琉璃，南十字星在鎮紙四角定位方向。每當海風裹挾變革的浪潮襲來，這方鎮守文檔的器物便化身定海神針。它提醒著執筆人：真正的進步從不是隨波逐流，而是在認清座標後的篤定前進。就像聯邦之星永遠指向正北，一個民族的脊椎必須深植於自己的土地。紙鎮壓住的不只是紙張，更是浮躁與動搖。當指尖撫過冷硬的金屬浮雕，彷彿觸摸到先民橫渡重洋的勇氣，原住民守望山河的智慧，以及無數普通人建設家園的汗水。這份沉澱百年的重量，終將在每個按捺不住的春天，托舉起破土的新芽。