First Fleet arrived in Sydney on January 26, 1788 No violent confrontation with Indigenous people READ MORE: Wishing somebody a 'Happy Australia Day ' could be determined as offensive, according ...

Actually, Australia Day marks the arrival of the First Fleet in January 1788, which was commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip. Captain Cook had been dead for nine years at that point.

Australia's national day hasn't always been held on 26 January. Here's a brief history of it and the growing campaign to change the date. The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove. The British would ...

Today is Australia Day in Australia! Australia Day is an annual national holiday celebrated each year on January 26th. It marks the day in 1788 when the first fleet of British ships arrived at ...

Thousands rally for 'Invasion Day' protests on Australia Day holiday. Thousands of Australians marked the country's national day celebrations with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of ...

It was only in 1994 that Australia Day became a public holiday in every state and territory. What are we celebrating? Technically, January 26 does not mark the arrival of the First Fleet to Australia.

Sussan Ley says Australia Day is a day of celebration, likening the arrival of the British First Fleet to Elon Musk's efforts to build a colony on Mars.

Now, enough with the Aussie stereotypes — this week marks 236 years since the First Fleet landed at Port Jackson in Sydney — and the start of white settlements in Australia. The First Fleet ...

Australia Day became a public holiday in 1994 and marks the day the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove in 1788. But many Australians, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, now refer to it as Invasion ...

The date has been commemorated nationally as Australia’s national holiday since 1994 and marks the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove in 1788, when around 1,400 people, half of them ...

First Fleet arrived in Sydney on January 26, 1788 No violent confrontation with Indigenous people READ MORE: Wishing somebody a 'Happy Australia Day ' could be determined as offensive, according ...

Sussan Ley says Australia Day is a day of celebration, likening the arrival of the British First Fleet to Elon Musk's efforts to build a colony on Mars.