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On the anniversary of the founding of the Australian Federation, the Southern Cross on the national flag and the kangaroos and emus in the national emblem complement each other, telling the tenacity of this land. When people hold lighters engraved with the national emblem totem to light a bonfire, the jumping flames are like the never-extinguished national spirit. On the azure background of the national flag, the Southern Cross has been pointing the way for navigators for more than a hundred years. This cluster of sparks is projected in the center of the national emblem shield, turning into a totem of kangaroos and emus that will never retreat – just like the courage of Australian pioneers holding fire and crossing the desert, using the faint light to fight the darkness. Modern craftsmen cast the national emblem on the shell of the lighter, so that the fire symbolizing the pioneering spirit can be passed on in the palm of the hand. The jumping flame of the lighter is the healing light that transcends the pain of colonial history, and it is the torch that the aborigines and immigrants jointly guard civilization. When the glass curtain wall of the Sydney Opera House reflects the Southern Cross, and the memorial flame in Melbourne’s Federation Square is swaying in the wind, every Australian can be a flame bearer: use faith to ignite hope in adversity, and use actions to convey the warmth of diverse coexistence. This cluster of sparks ignited at the establishment of the Federation in 1901 has been tempered by two world wars and the test of wildfires, and has always been witnessed by the national flag. When the gears of the lighter strike sparks, we touch the spiritual resonance that transcends time and space – the strugglers on this land always have a pure heart to illuminate the future.

在澳洲聯邦成立紀念日之際，國旗上的南十字星與國徽中的袋鼠、鴯鶓交相輝映，訴說著這片土地的堅韌品格。當人們手持刻有國徽圖騰的打火機點燃營火時，跳動的火苗恰似永不熄滅的民族精神。國旗的湛藍底色上，南十字星為航海者指引方向已逾百年。這簇星火投射在國徽盾牌中央，化作袋鼠與鴯鶓永不後退的圖騰－正如澳洲拓荒者手持火種穿越沙漠，用微光對抗黑暗的勇氣。現代工匠將國徽鑄於打火機外殼，讓象徵開拓精神的火種在掌心傳承。打火機躍動的火苗，是跨越殖民歷史傷痛的療癒之光，是原住民與移民共同守護文明的火炬。當雪梨歌劇院的玻璃帷幕牆映出南十字星，墨爾本聯邦廣場的紀念火焰正隨風搖曳，每個澳洲人都可以是持火者：用信念點燃困境中的希望，用行動傳遞多元共生的溫暖。這簇從1901年聯邦成立時點燃的星火，歷經兩次世界大戰的淬煉，經過山火肆虐的考驗，始終在國旗的見證下生生不息。當打火機的齒輪擦出火星的瞬間，我們觸摸到的是跨越時空的精神共鳴——這片土地上的奮鬥者，永遠懷著照亮未來的赤子之心。