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Australia Day is Australia's national day, marking the anniversary of Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet raising the British Union Jack at Sydney Cove in 1788. After the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, the official recognition and dates of Australia Day and its corresponding holidays emerged gradually and changed many times.
Observed by: Australian citizens, residents and expatriates: Type: National: Significance: Date of the landing of the First Fleet on Sydney Cove in 1788: Observances: Family gatherings, fireworks, picnics and barbecues, parades, citizenship ceremonies, Australia Day honours, Australian of the Year presentation, many other celebrations alongside protests and mourning ceremonies [1]
All examples use example date 2021-03-31 / 2021 March 31 / 31 March 2021 / March 31, 2021 – except where a single-digit day is illustrated. Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Thousands marked Australia's national day on Friday with "Invasion Day" rallies in support of the country's Indigenous community, many of whom want to drop celebrations or move ...
Recorded celebrations of the 26 January date back to 1808 in Australia, and in 1818, Governor Lachlan Macquarie held the first official celebration of Australia Day. [ 34 ] 26 January was chosen because it is the day of the establishment of the first British settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. [ 35 ]
An increasing number of non-Indigenous Australians find it impossible to celebrate Australia Day, ... its “pretty creative” to connect that colonial date to the modern state of Australia ...
Dates Notes Art, Not Apart [1] Canberra: 2010: March: Multi-Arts Festival AusFest (Australian Independent Music Festival) [2] Canberra & Queanbeyan: 2006: January: Australian and international Indie performers, arts and dance (previously in Melbourne, Adelaide & Brisbane) Australia Day Live [3] Lawns of Parliament House, Canberra: 1999: 25 January
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