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Australia Day Timeline
Post date: 2007-08-15
Australia Day Timeline
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.
1818 - Governor Macquarie holds the first official celebrations on 26 January, marking 30 years of white settlement.
1836 - First 'Anniversary Regatta' held on Sydney Harbour. Now called the Australia Day Regatta, it is the oldest continuous regatta in the world.
1838 - Fiftieth anniversary of Captain Phillip's landing and commencement of traditional 'Australia Day' public holiday in NSW.
1888 - Centenary celebrations for Anniversary Day.
1901 - 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 January 26 as 'Australia Day'.
1960 - Sir Macfarlane Burnet named the first Australian of the Year.
1968 - Lionel Rose becomes the first Aboriginal Australian of the Year.
1979 - National Australia Day Council formed, incorporated in 1990.
1988 - Bi-centennial celebrations and for the first time a united public holiday on January 26 across the nation.
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 - January 26 - for the first time.
Source: Australia Day Council of New South Wales
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