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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.
The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined Britain in the First World War, suffered through the Great Depression in Australia as part of the global Great Depression and again joined Britain in the Second World War against Nazi Germany in 1939.
3 Debate. 4 See also. 5 Notes. 6 References. ... Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. ... Following Federation in 1901, ...
The film begins by following a procession through the streets of Sydney, marking the federation of Australia on 1 January 1901. This procession is seen to be led by 200 mounted police, followed by railway bandsmen, shearers and bush workers, decorated floats, large numbers of Australian and Imperial troops, as well as carriages carrying the first Governor-General John Hope, first Prime ...
(Imperial Statutory Rules and Orders, revised 1948, Vol. II., Australia, p. 1027.) 1900 No. 722. At the Court at Balmoral, The 17th day of September, 1900. Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved: – A. W. FITZROY. By The Queen PROCLAMATION
An increasing number of non-Indigenous Australians find it impossible to celebrate Australia Day, in the knowledge that many of their Indigenous fellow citizens treat it as a day of mourning.
3 September – The Flag of Australia and Australian Red Ensign are adopted by the Government of Australia as official flags, following a national design competition. 21 December – Construction begins on the rabbit-proof fence. 23 December – The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 comes into force, instituting the White Australia Policy.
The election campaign has been dominated by debate about rising prices, COVID-19 and climate change, with the plight of Australia’s 700,000 or so indigenous people, who track near the bottom of ...