Editing Father's Day (section)

===Australia===
In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September, which is the first Sunday of spring in Australia. Most families present fathers with gifts and cards, and share a meal. It is not a public holiday.

The idea of Father's Day wasn't initially well received in Australia in the 1910s and 1920s. Many thought it was either unnecessary or undermined a father's assumed “supremacy” as head of the household. Newspapers at the time printed satirical poems and critical editorials of the new tradition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Father's Day |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168731888/16125015 |newspaper=Truth |date=21 May 1911 |access-date=19 July 2021}}, {{cite web |title=Satirical Splashes |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168749971 |newspaper=Truth |date=28 May 1911 |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> Father's Day was originally observed in June, matching the USA date, with church services and the wearing of a red flower.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Father's Day in Australia |url=https://www.giftsaustralia.com.au/fathers-day-australia |website=Father's Day Australia |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> In June 1925, Janet Heyden of Sydney (who also advocated for [[Mother's Day#By country (A–G)|Mother's Day]] celebrations in Australia) began collecting donations to bring cheer to elderly men in nursing/charity homes. While Mother's Day became instantly popular, it wasn't until the 1930s that Father's Day came to be popularly celebrated in Australia on the first Sunday in September. The Father's Day Council of Australia was established in 1957 and continues to honor distinguished fathers with an annual [[Australian Father of the Year award]]. Father's Day traditions in Australia include school crafts with handmade gifts and cards from younger children, taking dad out for lunch, BBQs, and outdoor family activities. Public schools often hold a Father's Day gift stall with inexpensive presents for fathers, grandfathers, carers, or other role-models.

YMCA [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] continues the tradition of honoring the role fathers and father figures play in parenting through the annual awarding of Local Community Father of the Year in 32 municipalities in Victoria. The Father's Day Council of Victoria also annually recognizes fathers in the Victorian Father of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fathersdaycouncil.org.au|title=Father's Day Council of Victoria Inc.|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812082503/https://fathersdaycouncil.org.au/|archive-date=12 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>