Australia’s Moment to Shine: Australia Day

Australia had been inhabited by people called the Aboriginal Australians until January 26, 1788 the day of the landing of the First Fleet under Captain Arthur Phillip in the coast of Sydney called Sydney Cove.  12 days after the landing, Australia had undergone a formal possession and was set up as the Colony of New South Wales.  January 26 for the Australians went through various names and was celebrated through various means until it formally became a National Day throughout the land.  This is so because mixed emotions about the celebration as well as the actual day of holding it has long been debated throughout the history of Australia.