It's mostly just brainwashing. They don't know why they are proud, they are just told to be. Turn on the tv. Go aussie go. Proud aussie. 100% australian. blah blah blah
But I can acknowledge the difference between an intrinsic bond with your local region and politically instigated national pride like we see in India for example. To bring the topic back around.
I do see a lot of parallels, yes. And I tend to despise all of the things you just named. And very often the lines are so blurry that they tend to mutate into the same thing.
@corrupt: OK, but you seem to think that one inevitably leads to the other. Local patriotism, patriotism, national identity, chauvinism, nationalism and fascism may have a common root, but IMO they are fundamentally different.