Maybe Australia should stop trying to find symbolic worth in the past and instead focus on what kind of country it wants to be in the future. In 1988 Australia celebrated its bicentenary. The country ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public holiday that evokes anger at Indigenous injustice, focusing national attention on a new ...

Why is Australia Day on January 26? It marks the date of British settlement in Australia, coinciding with Commodore Arthur Phillip and his party landing in what became known as Sydney Cove in 1788.

January 26 is Australia Day, a national holiday honoring the arrival of the British fleet into New South Wales in 1788, the start of British sovereignty over Australia (or at least its eastern ...

The chief executive of a Kimberley peak body has called to change the date of Australia Day celebrations. Other organisations in the region have chosen to mark Survival Day, while a local council has ...

January 26 is fast becoming a day that divides, rather than unites our country. So here's why some people want Australia Day moved to a different date. Like most years, Aussies will spend that ...

Every country has an argument that seems to divide the nation in some way. With the advent of social media, these arguments all seem to have taken on a more culture war tone: Brexit, Trump, climate ...

Australia’s national day, held on January 26 every year, isn’t all beer and barbeques. While many see it as a day to celebrate the Australian lifestyle, for others it’s a painful reminder of death, ...

January 26 is, by coincidence, a significant date in the national calendars of two countries, with an important difference. In India, January 26 marks Republic Day, and celebrates the date when the ...

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Australians are lighting candles Sunday to remember the victims of a mass shooting at a Jewish festival in Sydney's Bondi ...