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Australia
Day - A History - Chronology
- 1788
- Captain
Arthur Phillip unfurls the
British flag at Sydney Cove and
proclaims British sovereignty
over the eastern seaboard of
Australia
- 1808
- First
recorded celebrations on 26
January
- 1817
- Governor
Macquarie recommends the adoption
of the name Australia for the
entire continent, replacing New
Holland
- 1818
- Governor
Macquarie holds the first
official celebrations on the 26
January, marking thirty years of
white settlement
- 1836
- First
Anniversary Regatta held on
Sydney Harbour. This is now the
Australia Day Regatta, the oldest
continuous sailing regatta in the
world
- 1838
- Celebrations
held to mark the fiftieth
anniversary of Phillip's landing
and the commencement of the
traditional Australia Day public
holiday in New South Wales
- 1871
- Australian
Natives Association formed.
Instrumental in supporting issues
such as Federation, the naming of
our national day as Australia
Day and citizenship
ceremonies following WWI
- 1888
- Centenary
celebrations for Anniversary Day
across the nation Centennial Park
permanently reserved for public
use
- 1901
- January 1,
Federation of the Commonwealth of
Australia
- 1931
- Australia
Day adopted in Victoria
- 1932
- Australia
Day adopted in NSW only to be
reversed to Anniversary Day by
the incoming state government
- 1935
- Commonwealth
Government and all States and
Territories except NSW adopt Australia
Day as the official title for
our national day
- 1938
- 150th
Anniversary celebrations across
the nation
- 1946
- All States
and Territories celebrate the 26
January as Australia Day
- 1949
- Separate
Australian citizenship became law
for the first time Citizenship
ceremonies began to become part
of Australia Day celebrations
- 1960
- Sir
Macfarlane Burnet the first
Australian of the Year
- 1968
- Lionel Rose
becomes the first Aboriginal
Australian of the Year
- 1972
- 26 January
the Aboriginal Tent Embassy
established on the lawns of
Parliament House, Canberra
- 1979
- National
Australia Day Council formed,
incorporated in 1990
- 1981
- Australia
Day Council of NSW formed,
initially operating as part of
the NSW Bicentennial Council
- 1988
- Bicentennial
celebrations and for the first
time a united public holiday on
the 26 January across the nation
Modern Tall Ships and First Fleet
Re-enactament arrive in Australia
Largest Aboriginal protest march
in history on 26 January
- 1992
- Inaugural
Survival concert held at La
Perouse, now an annual event
- 1994
- All States
and Territories begin to
celebrate Australia Day on the
actual day - the 26 January - for
the first time
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Resourced from:
http://www.adc.nsw.gov.au/history.htm
  
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