THIS HISTORIC LEGISLATION MUST BE PASSED BY PARLIAMENT IN 2024. ‘AUSTRALIA DAY SHALL BE CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA EVERY YEAR ON NEW YEARS DAY WHICH IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATION OF AUSTRALIA ON I JANUARY 1901’.

Please note the date on the photo below of Australia’s First Prime Minister, Edmund Barton. He was sworn in by Queen Victoria’s Representative, Lord Hopetoun, on 1 JANUARY 1901. This is the day Australia was founded. There was no nation of Australia before that date, just 6 independent colonies who did not trust one another …

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