Australia Day, which commemorates the arrival of the British fleet in Australia in 1788, ... Getty Images. In 1938, the Aborigines Progressive Association held a day of mourning on January 26.

As more and more Aussies support celebrating Australia Day on January 26, Sydneysiders spent Sunday enjoying the public holiday together and embracing the sun and sights of our spectacular coastline.

Images from Australia as the country celebrates its official national day. BBC Homepage. ... Divers at a Sydney aquarium do their bit for Australia Day, but the fish seem unimpressed. Image source ...

A push to shift controversial Australia Day is gaining momentum - and increasingly in workplaces. Skip to content. ... Getty Images. A group of young Australians celebrating Australia Day in 2018.

Australia Day is held on the same date Britain’s First Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbor in 1788, ... PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images ‘I don’t want to celebrate it’ ...

My thoughts on Australia Day have been shaped markedly by way the country I love has treated its Indigenous peoples. I was raised by parents who took me on the Walk for Reconciliation across the ...

Credit: Getty Images A national holiday celebrated on February 6, Waitangi Day marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 between representatives of the British Crown and some 45 Maori ...

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.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's comment that January 26, 1788, "wasn’t a particularly flash day" for convicts either has drawn criticism from Labor and the Greens.

The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of racism and oppression. By Mike Ives Some Australians were in no mood ...