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Australia Day at the Gold Coast

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January 26th 2007
A BBQ at the beach on Australia Day.... well it doesn't get much more Australian than that does it? Australia Day is Australia's official national day, on the 26th January. It commemorates the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove on that day in 1788. By 1808, the day was being celebrated as 'First Landing' or 'Foundation Day'. In 1818 (the 30th anniversary) Governor Ma ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast

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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