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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, ...
This day is now celebrated as Australia Day. In a ceremony at sunset Phillip and the officers drank to the health of the king and the royal family, and success to the new colony. In the meantime, La Perouse entered Botany Bay as the remaining British ships prepared to leave. 27 January: Convicts disembarked at Sydney Cove and helped clear the ...
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp) was passed on 5 July 1900 [39] and given royal assent by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900. [40] It was proclaimed on 1 January 1901 in Centennial Park, Sydney. Sir Edmund Barton was sworn in as the interim Prime Minister, leading an interim Federal ministry of nine members. [citation needed]
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.
1901 1954 2016 1. United Kingdom ... Another element in the immigration debate is a concern to alleviate adverse impacts arising from Australia's ageing population ...
(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