Australia Day

Australia Day is the official National Day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip. In present-day Australia, celebrations reflect the diverse society and landscape of the nation, and are marked by community and family events, reflections on Australian history, official community awards, and citizenship ceremonies welcoming new immigrants into the Australian community.

The meaning and significance of Australia Day has evolved over time. Unofficially, or historically, the date has also been variously named "Anniversary Day", "Foundation Day", and "ANA Day". 26 January 1788 marked the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia (then known as New Holland). Although it was not known as Australia Day until over a century later, records of celebrations on 26 January date back to 1808, with the first official celebration of the formation of New South Wales held in 1818. On New Year's Day 1901, the British colonies of Australia formed a Federation, marking the birth of modern Australia. A national day of unity and celebration was looked for. It was not until 1935 that all Australian states and territories had adopted use of the term "Australia Day" to mark the date, and not until 1994 that the date was consistently marked by a public holiday on that day by all states and territories.

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Russia plans to capitalise on Trump’s trade wars – here’s the man leading Putin’s gambit

The Daily Telegraph 06 Apr 2025
It was “exhausting, machine-level efficient, each day every day,” says Uvarova ... Roman Abramovich, the former owner of Chelsea, inexplicably emerged as a diplomatic go-between in the early days of the full scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Trump administration accidentally tells some Ukrainians to leave country

The Spokesman-Review 05 Apr 2025
The Trump administration mistakenly sent an urgent notice this week to some Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion saying it was terminating their provisional legal status in seven days and ordering ...
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The world after China takes Taiwan: America humiliated. Beijing rules new world order. Kim Jong ...

The Daily Mail 05 Apr 2025
The second scenario is the one which sees China's vast army embark on an amphibious invasion of Taiwan in a similar fashion to the D-Day landings ... Now, China's 'invasion barges' make the prospect of an amphibious landing yet more alarming.
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Horror of the children snatched by Putin: Troops slaughter their parents then abduct them. Now ...

The Daily Mail 05 Apr 2025
If he did, just one day at Domanove might change his view ... For Oksana, her family’s torment started within hours of the occupation as Russian forces took over her town on the first day of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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Nato: Europe scolds Russia for rejecting Trump's truce push

The Times of India 05 Apr 2025
it's a delay tactic, the president's not interested in that,' he said at a press briefing in Brussels.What are the Nato plans for peace in Ukraine?The Trump administration had sought to achieve a ...
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Missionary Micko spread magic far beyond the Kingdom

RTE 05 Apr 2025
The memories of those fans travelling by the busload to Dublin 3 on what always seem to be sunny days, of the pitch invasion and the 'UnLaoised by Micko' banner, and of the man himself patrolling the ...
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Protesters Across the U.S. Rally Against Trump and Musk: ‘Stop Destroying America’

Time Magazine 05 Apr 2025
stock market has plummeted following Trump’s latest tariffs which he announced on April 2, a day he called “Liberation Day.”.
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Museum of American Armor marks 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps

Newsday 05 Apr 2025
“I've always thought that the invasion on D-Day was probably the pivotal moment of the 20th century, if not the last several hundred years,” Schoonhoven said.
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PETER HITCHENS: Lucy Letby's case has been torn apart by the world's greatest minds. Yet ...

The Daily Mail 05 Apr 2025
I put this mildly ... The takeover of our streets by electric motorbikes, the favourite transport of the mugger, the phone thief, the drunk and the lazy, is like an invasion. When I saw them ranked in this way the other day, I was reminded of the Daleks ... .
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Lady Victoria Hervey: ‘Trump told me that Boris has gone woke’

The Daily Telegraph 05 Apr 2025
Her mother, Yvonne, Dowager Marchioness of Bristol, is terribly worried about this idea, but Hervey considers herself to be something of a citizen journalist these days and seems fired up by the thought ...That’s why I left, it was so invasive.
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Finland's colossal bomb shelters a model for jittery Europe

Urdu Point 04 Apr 2025
... defence shelters was adopted already in 1939, two weeks before the Winter War started," Hayrinen said, referring to the Soviet Union's invasion of Finland which lasted more than a 100 days.
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Mr. Dmitriev Goes To Washington: What We Know About The Kremlin's Envoy And His DC Meetings

Radio Free Europe 04 Apr 2025
His sanctioning, by the US Treasury Department, occurred days after Russia launched its February 2022 all-out invasion of Ukraine, sending bilateral relations with Washington into an all-out tailspin.
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China’s retaliatory tariffs spark fresh turmoil in global financial markets

AOL 04 Apr 2025
... points in one day. It also marked a worse day of trading than in the aftermath of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023, and the day that Russia launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine in 2022.
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Here's how military troops are boosting intelligence operations at southern border

Azcentral 04 Apr 2025
Days after a text message breach, U.S ... Troops began to deploy after President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration on his first day back in the White House.
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Japan-owned UK glass factory could shut if no buyer found, risking 250 jobs

The Observer 04 Apr 2025
The UK’s industrial companies have struggled in the face of soaring energy costs, particularly rising gas prices, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It comes just days after British Steel ...
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