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Day 48: Australia Day in Sydney‏

January 26th 2013
<pre style="white-space: normal; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px;">The 26th January is celebrated as 'Australia Day' marking the first day the ships arrived with the convicts aboard, back in 1788. Think 'queens jubilee' or 'independence day' -type celebrations, with flags, music, food etc. We caught the train from Emu Plains to central Sydney arriving mid-morning and ... read more
Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour

Australian Flag Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
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