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The first Australia Day was established in response to Australia's involvement in World War I. In 1915, Ellen "Ellie" Wharton Kirke MBE, née Clements, mother of four servicemen, thought up the idea of a national day, with the specific aim of raising funds for wounded soldiers, [38] and the term was coined to stir up patriotic feelings.
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.
Australia's national day on Jan. 26 is a date of mourning for many Indigenous Australians because it marks the day that Captain Arthur Phillip landed in Sydney Cove and the beginning of the ...
Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on the holiday ...
In 1968, boxer Lionel Rose, the first Aboriginal Australian athlete to win a world championship was proclaimed Australian of the Year and thronged by 250,000 adoring fans on the streets of Melbourne. [ 209 ] [ 208 ] That same year, artist Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) was honoured with a postage stamp.
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 ...
The national Australia Day holiday is celebrated on 26 January, [155] the anniversary of the day First Fleet Captain Arthur Phillip first raised the Union Jack flag in Sydney Cove. [156] That date marks the beginning of modern Australia and national awards are distributed to distinguished citizens for services to the community, as on the King's ...
First Indigenous Australian to be selected in the Victorian interstate Australian rules team: Doug Nicholls. [33] 1938. First major national Indigenous day of protest: Australia Day protest by the Aborigines Progressive Association. [34] 1939. First mass strike of Indigenous Australians: Cummeragunja walk-off. [35]