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Premium Content A recent The information, based from an article on Veteranweb Network by Ray Payne OAM, which has been turned into a Facebook post spread across the internet (though the original article cannot be found by Google), states that the dates of the First Fleets arrival are wrong, and instead the celebration is based on the introduction of the Nationality and Citizenship Act, first enacted on January 26, 1948. Unfortunately, like so many things spread on the internet, the claim do...

Premium Content A recent The information, based from an article on Veteranweb Network by Ray Payne OAM, which has been turned into a Facebook post spread across the internet (though the original article cannot be found by Google), states that the dates of the First Fleets arrival are wrong, and instead the celebration is based on the introduction of the Nationality and Citizenship Act, first enacted on January 26, 1948. Unfortunately, like so many things spread on the internet, the claim do...

Why January 26 is the best (and only) date to celebrate Australia, and it has nothing to do with the arrival of Captain Cook or the First Fleet.