Australia, officially the Commonwealth of
Australia, is a sovereign
country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest
country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest
country by total area.
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The simple reason we shouldn't change the date. JANUARY 26 should continue to be kept as our national day but not because those First Fleet ships landed essential cultural cargo. The prime, simple reason for Australia Day staying put is that most Australians want it that way so they can salute their nation.
In 1838, 50 years after the First Fleet arrived, Foundation Day was declared Australia's first public holiday in New South Wales. By 1935, January 26 was known as Australia Day in all states except New South Wales, where it was still called Anniversary Day.
Reports vary with from 60 to 200 Aboriginal Australians killed, including women and children.
Indigenous people may be just as proud of this country, but many see January 26th as a date signifying the beginning of dispossession, disease epidemics, frontier violence, destruction of culture, exploitation, abuse, separation of families and subjection to policies of extreme social control.
Initial invasion and colonisation (1788 to 1890) From 1788, Australia was treated by the British as a colony of settlement, not of conquest. Aboriginal land was taken over by British colonists on the premise that the land belonged to no-one ('terra nullius').
The land Down Under is home to plenty of delicious sweet and savoury fare, but here are 10 iconic foods we can truly celebrate this Australia Day.
- Lamington.
- Meat pie.
- Vegemite.
- Pavlova.
- Tim Tam.
- Anzac biscuit.
- Chiko roll.
- Sausage sandwich.
It marks the arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales on that date in 1788, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain by Captain Arthur Phillip.
Every year Australians debate over whether to celebrate Australia Day on January 26. The date marks the anniversary of the First Fleet's arrival in Sydney. But to many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, it represents the beginning of the loss of their land, people and culture.
1988. Sydney continued to be the centre of Australia Day spectacle and ceremony. The states and territories agreed to celebrate Australia Day in 1988 on 26 January, rather than with a long weekend. Aborigines renamed Australia Day, 'Invasion Day'.
On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. Australia, once known as New South Wales, was originally planned as a penal colony.
26 January is not an appropriate date to celebrate, if Australia Day is to be an occasion that all Australians can accept and enjoy. Mourning and Protest. Despite ongoing contention, all states and territories in 1994 endorsed the celebration of Australia Day as a national public holiday to be held on 26 January.
On 26 January 1938, Aboriginal people protested against Australia Day and called it a 'Day of Mourning'. A forced reenactment. For the 150th Anniversary, Aboriginal people were forced to participate in a reenactment of the landing of the First Fleet under Captain Arthur Phillip.
