New polling shows a significant drop in support for January 26 in just two years.
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Many believe Australia became it’s own country at federation in 1901, but that’s not strictly true. Instead, it happened more than 80 years later. Why don’t we celebrate it?
Australia Day has not always been celebrated on January 26, and the meaning of the date has been contested historically and today.
A new national survey shows the majority of Australians want the day left as it is. But it also suggests a groundswell for change is in the works.
If there is ever a day that I don’t feel Australian, it would be on Australia Day. My mother is a fifth-generation Australian of English and Irish heritage and my father is Munanjahli and an Australian-born…
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Professor of Sociology and Social Research, Deakin University
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Chair in Contemporary History, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in History, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology